The new pay scales of Bangladesh Bank and four state-owned commercial banks will not be executed during the rest of the polls-time government’s tenure because of legal complexities.
Finance Minister AMA Muhith yesterday said: “The prime minister and the secretary committee gave their consent, but we cannot issue the gazette notification on executing the Bangladesh Bank pay scale because of the legal complexities.”
The execution of the pay scale for Bangladesh Bank depends on exempting it from the Services (Reorganisation and Conditions) Act 1975, which is not easy as parliament is not in session now.
“So, there is no possibility that the new pay scales will be executed within the present government’s tenure. The next elected government will execute them,” Muhith told reporters at his Secretariat office.
In reply to a question, he, however, said the Grameen Bank election rule would be executed “as the Grameen Bank law 2013 has been enacted.”
He said: “We have already asked the law and parliament affairs ministry to implement the Grameen Bank election rule within a short time.
“The Grameen Bank Commission will submit the final report, but we do not know when. We have not been able to establish the relation between Grameen Bank and its 54 associate organisations.”
