Ongoing strike of the teachers being withdrawn

In response to the Prime Minister`s assurance, public university teachers are going to withdrawn their ongoing strike.

Public university teachers will announce this at a press conference at the University of Dhaka on Tuesday.

Federation of Bangladesh University Teachers Association (FBUTA) President Farid Uddin Ahmed said this to the reporters after a meeting with the Prime Minister at Ganabhaban on Monday evening.

He said, the prime minister has assured us of reaching a solution about the demand of a separate pay scale.

Teachers of all 37 public universities of the country have been protesting the eighth national pay scale since May last year and pressing for a four-point charter of demands, including formation of a commission to initiate an independent pay scale for them.