File photo of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina during a video conference from Ganabhaban in Dhaka Focus BanglaThe fund is allocated to pay salaries and allowances amid the pandemicIn a bid to pay salaries and allowances of the staff for the country’s 328 municipalities, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has allocated Tk 25 crore from her relief and welfare fund. Besides, the local bodies are now working to destroy Aedes mosquito breeding grounds for containing dengue. Most of the municipalities are unable to pay salaries and allowance of their staff in time as their revenue collection declined sharply in the last two months. Under the circumstances, the officials and employees of the municipalities have been passing through a very tough time for not getting salaries for the last two months. When the matter came to the notice of the Prime Minister, she has extended this financial assistance to them, according to Press Secretary Karim.

Source: Dhaka Tribune May 21, 2020 11:11 UTC