IU officers threaten to intensify protest

The Islamic University Officers’ Association has threatened to start an indefinite work abstention from September 2 if their three-point demand is not accepted, UNB reports.

A press release, signed by the association’s President Shamsul Islam Zhoha and General Secretary Mir Morshed was issued in this regard on Wednesday morning.

The demands include increasing salary scale, extending age limit for retirement from 60 to 62 years, and changing working hours from 9am-4:30pm to 8am-2pm.

Leaders of the association said they would continue demonstration if their demands are not accepted at the 246th syndicate meeting scheduled for August 31.

Earlier, the officers’ association observed work abstention for the same demands on June 25.