Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has announced an increase in
the salaries of village police members. Under the new decision, each village
police member will receive a monthly salary of Tk 10,500 while a village police
chief will receive Tk 11,000. In addition, the government will provide each
member with a monthly mobile phone allowance of Tk 150. The prime minister said
the new decision would take effect from Saturday.
He also announced the recruitment of two additional female
village poli...