Jhalakathi, Feb 5, (V7N) – Government employees in Jhalakathi district staged demonstrations Thursday, pressing for immediate publication of the ninth pay scale gazette.

The protest began with a human chain and rally in front of the Deputy Commissioner’s office, followed by a procession through the city’s main roads that concluded at the Press Club.

Speakers at the rally—including District Judge’s Court Nazir Tariqul Rahman, Judicial Employees’ Association President Rustam Ali Khan, and central leaders of the Employees’ Demands Adyai Oikya Parishad—warned that failure to issue the gazette would trigger tougher programs, including strikes.

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