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...
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.
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...
Public university teachers, employees withdrawn from Prattay scheme
The government on Saturday removed all entities from under the new universal pension scheme Prattay.
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...
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...
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...
Public univ teacher strike continues for 2nd day
Teachers of the country鈥檚 different public universities on Wednesday observed the half-day work abstention for the second consecutive day under a three-day protest demanding the cancellation of the universal pension scheme notification for them, terming it as discriminatory...
Registration to universal pension scheme tops 3 lakh
In just 10 months of its launching, the number of registration to the universal pension scheme crossed a new milestone of three lakh for the first time as it reached 3,03,176 on June 10, 2024.....
New public servants to come under universal pension scheme
All newly appointed public officials will be brought under the Universal Pension Scheme from July 1, 2025.聽
Public univ teachers observe strike for cancellation of pension scheme
Teachers of different public universities across Bangladesh on Tuesday observed half-day work abstention demanding the cancellation of the universal pension scheme notification for them, terming it as discriminatory...
Public university teachers demand pension scheme notice cancellation
Teachers of different public universities on Sunday called for the cancellation of the universal pension scheme notification for them, terming it as discriminatory...
BUET teachers demand cancellation of pension scheme notice
The Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology Teachers鈥� Association called for the cancellation of the universal pension notification, claiming that it is discriminatory....
Pro-BNP teachers at JU term pension scheme 鈥榥ew tool of looting鈥�
Pro-Bangladesh Nationalist Party teachers of Jahangirnagar University on Tuesday slammed the government decision about compulsory enrolment of university teachers in the universal pension scheme in Bangladesh by terming it as a new tool of looting the financial sector of the country...
Universal pension fair to be held in divisions
The government has decided to arrange universal pension promotion fair across Bangladesh to attract people to this scheme....