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Government employees will get 5 per cent of their basic salary as a special incentive during this emergency, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said, according to local media.
She instructed the finance minister to take action as such while giving a speech on the proposed budget for the financial year 2023-24 in the National Parliament on Sunday.
Hasina said, "I request the finance minister to consider paying 5 per cent of the basic salary as a special salary to the government employees during this emergency."
“I hope the finance minister will accept this. We will give them 5 per cent of their basic salary as a special incentive.”
In her speech, the prime minister also mentioned various government steps taken to curb the inflation, as well as to develop the country’s economy.