22 months without pay

As a result their families will not be able to celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr this year.

The department undertook Palli Samaj Karma Project in the 1974-'75 of five-year duration. Duration of the project extended five times till 2002. Ill-fated staffers including Project Director, Assistant Project Director, Accountant and social workers of the project are not getting their salaries since January, 2003. Of them 17 under Sadar upazila, one in Bauphal, three in Dasmina and two in Galachipa upazila.

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They urged the higher authorities to mitigate their sufferings during the ongoing Ramadan.