The proposed budget for FY2026-27 has earmarked Tk 44,000 crore for partial implementation of the new pay structure for government employees, although the government has yet to specify how it will be rolled out.

Tk 55,000cr additional allocation under public service head

A proposed pay hike of as much as 142 percent for civil servants clashes with the government’s austerity measures adopted after the 2024 uprising.

The government’s decision to raise salaries of all public sector workers by 100 percent in 2015 had inadvertently pushed many least skilled private sector workers below the poverty line temporarily, said a study

Cabinet approves proposal to hike salaries and benefits of members of Bangladesh Judicial Service, fixing monthly salary of senior district judges at Tk 78,000.

Salary hike of civil servants in the future might be based on evaluation of all related factors instead of recommendations by a pay commission, Finance Minister AMA Muhith hints.