NCC Bank, NPA sign deal
NCC Bank has recently signed an agreement with the National Pension Authority to take part in implementing the Universal Pension Scheme, said a press release...
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SEB, NPA sign deal聽
Southeast Bank PLC has signed an agreement with the National Pension Authority to facilitate the collection of monthly contributions under the Universal Pension Scheme, said a press release...
MTB Neo achieves Tk 100cr milestone in FD, DPS
Mutual Trust Bank PLC has recently crossed a milestone by accumulating over Tk 100 crore in fixed deposit and deposit pension scheme accounts through its digital banking platform MTB Neo, said a press release...
Sonali Bank, AB Bank sign deal for fee collection
Sonali Bank PLC on Monday signed an agreement with AB Bank PLC to collect challan, utility bill, pension scheme instalments and others charges-fees from AB Bank Inter Banking (AB Direct) customers through Sonali Payment Gateway, said a press release...
Govt should redesign the universal pension scheme
A LACK of interest among people to participate in the universal pension scheme has been there since its introduction about a year ago by the now-deposed Awami League government. The interest appears to have slipped further down and many participants have also stopped paying premiums. According to the National Pension Authority, about 20...
Rising dormant policies headache for authority
The universal pension scheme, launched about a year ago to ensure social security for all, faces new challenges as around 20 per cent policyholders have gone dormant.
Find out reason of people鈥檚 apathy about pension schemes: Salehuddin
Finance, commerce and, science and technology adviser Salehuddin Ahmed on Monday asked the National Pension Authority officials to identify the reasons behind unwillingness among citizens about its new schemes...
Public universities need to be put back in order early
PUBLIC universities need to be put in order, with an immediate resumption of academic and administrative activities that have stalled for about two months, partially since July 1 when teachers began work abstention demanding their exclusion from a universal pension scheme that the government finally cancelled on August 3...
South Korean president for pension fund reform
South聽Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol pledged Thursday to reform the country鈥檚 multi-billion dollar pension scheme, as a looming demographic crisis threatens to upend the payment system鈥檚 stability...
Public university teachers, employees withdrawn from Prattay scheme
The government on Saturday removed all entities from under the new universal pension scheme Prattay.
Teachers say edn minister agrees to exclude public univs
Education Mohibul Hassan Chowdhoury on Monday agreed with the protesting teachers on excluding the public university teachers, officers and employees from the new universal pension scheme Prattay, said protesting teachers鈥� leaders...
A stitch in time would have saved nine
TWO protests began on July 1. Teachers of the 35 public universities that have teachers鈥� associations started abstaining from work to press home their exclusion from the universal pension scheme called Pratyay that the government made mandatory. And, students and job-seekers started holding protests, first, against civil service job reservations and, then, for reforms...
Public univ teachers continue strike for 16th day
The teachers of public universities across the country observed their indefinite work abstention programme for the 16th day running on Tuesday, demanding the cancellation of the new universal pension scheme Prattay, terming it discriminatory...
Public univ teachers鈥� strike passes half a month
Half a month passed on Monday of the work abstention programme enforced by the teachers of public universities, demanding the cancellation of the new universal pension scheme...
Govt defers inclusion of public bodies to pension scheme by 1 year
The National Pension Authority on Sunday decided to defer inclusion of newly recruits of the state-owned autonomous and semi-autonomous bodies by one year amid work abstention by the university teachers...
Public univ teachers determined to continue shutdown
Public university teachers across the country decided on Sunday to continue their indefinite work abstention programme until all their demands, particularly the demand for cancellation of the new universal pension scheme Prattay, were met...
Obaidul Quader urges teachers鈥� leaders to withdraw strike
The road transport and bridges minister and general secretary of the ruling Awami League, Obaidul Quader, on Saturday said that he had urged the public university teachers鈥� leaders to withdraw their strike....
Public univ shutdown passes 11 days
The teachers of public universities across the country continued their indefinite work abstention programme for the 11th day on Thursday, demanding the cancellation of the new universal pension scheme that was made mandatory for new recruits...
BNP must walk the walk and stop belittling legitimate issues
THE remark of the senior joint secretary general of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party that the government is creating various issues to deflect public attention away from agreements 鈥� said to have been against Bangladesh鈥檚 national interests 鈥� that the government has signed with other countries is misleading on a few counts...
RU postpones freshers鈥� orientation due to teachers鈥� strike
The authorities of Rajshahi University on Thursday postponed the orientation class for the freshers, who recently enrolled at the university under the 2023-2024 academic sessions, due to the ongoing indefinite strike by public university teachers and employees since July 1....
Public univ teachers in Bangladesh mull new programme as strike on
The teachers of public universities are planning for new programmes to press for their demand for cancellation of the new universal pension scheme made mandatory for new recruits...
Public univ shutdown continues
Teachers of public universities across Bangladesh continued their indefinite work abstention programme for the eighth consecutive day on Monday, pressing for the cancellation of the...
Public univ shutdown to continue
After the weekend of Friday and Saturday, the teachers of the public universities are going to resume their indefinite work abstention programme across Bangladesh today pressing for their demand for the cancellation of the universal pension scheme made mandatory for new recruits...
Unrest at public universities
A SURGE of protests by teachers and students at public universities across Bangladesh underscores a deepening crisis in the country鈥檚 higher education system. The causes of this unrest are multifaceted, involving contentious policies such as the newly introduced pension scheme named Prattay under the Universal Pension Scheme and the reinstatement of...
All public univs shut down for third day
The teachers continued their work abstention programme for the third consecutive day on Wednesday in public universities across Bangladesh demanding the cancellation of the universal pension scheme made mandatory for new recruits...
Public univ teachers鈥� strike against pension scheme enters 3rd day
The indefinite strike by teachers and employees of public universities continued for the third consecutive day on Wednesday, demanding their exclusion from the Prattay pension scheme...
Teacher strike paralyses public universities across Bangladesh
Academic activities in public universities in Bangladesh came to a standstill on Monday as teachers started work abstention for an indefinite period, demanding the cancellation of the universal pension scheme made...
Govt shouldn鈥檛 force any pension scheme
THIS is unacceptable that the authorities did not resolve the crisis centred on the dissatisfaction of employees of state-owned autonomous and semi-autonomous bodies regarding the mandatory new pension instrument under the Universal Pension Scheme in three months. Since the gazette notification published...
Public univ teachers set to go on indefinite strike from tomorrow
Teachers of all public universities are scheduled to observe a full-day work abstention today demanding cancellation of the universal pension scheme notification for them, terming it as discriminatory...