Teachers lay on streets to realise demands

Our Satkhira Correspondent reported that police did not disturbed them and transports bypassed as about 800 teachers and employees lay on the road in front of the Satkghira Press Club for one and a half hours from 11 am after holding a rally.

The programme was organised by the local unit of the Jatiya Sikkhak Karmachari Front (National Teacher- Employee Front).

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Speakers at the rally said before the election, the Four-Party Alliance had promised to fulfil their demands. But now in power, they have forgotten the promise.

The rally was addressed by, among others, Prof Gazi Abul Kashem, Subhas Chakraborty, Rafiuddin, Nasrin Khan Lipi, Moinul Hasan.

The speakers urged Prime Minister Khaleda Zia to intervene so that their demands are met.

They also vowed to launch a greater movement programme if the demands are not fulfilled.

The demands include ten per cent enhancement in salary, house rent, medical and dearness allowance. They also demanded revival of welfare trust and introduction of pension for teachers of private institutions.

Our CU correspondent reported that hundreds of teachers and employees from different areas of the district joined a rally in front of Chittagong Press Club

and lay on the road there for about an hour to press their demands.

They staged the demonstration under the banner of Bangladesh College Teachers Association (BCTA).

The rally was addressed by, among others, BCTA Joint Secretary Abu Taher Chowdhurt, its president Principal Mezbahul Alam and Prof Fausul Kabir.

They criticised the government for what they called flouting its election pledge. The government talks tall about education and teachers but is doing nothing for them, they said.