Tuesday, 23 December 2025

MPO teachers reject govt approval for 5% house rent allowance

BT News Desk
Disclosure : 19 Oct 2025, 01:10 PM Update : 19 Oct 2025, 01:20 PM
The protests continued the non-government MPO-listed institutions
The protests continued the non-government MPO-listed institutions

Teachers rejected the government 5% house rent allowance with a minimum floor of Tk 2,000 per month from November for the non-government MPO-listed institutions. However, they termed "first step toward victory" of their movement.

They vowed to continue their movement, until their demands including the 20 percent house rent of their basic salary are met by the government.

The MPO Nationalisation Expectant Alliance member secretary of the platform leading the protests Delwar Hossain Azizi said "It is our preliminary victory that the government response to our demand,"

Earlier today the finance ministry circular issued, the government has approved a five percent house rent allowance of the basic salary for teachers and employees of MPO-listed non-government educational institutions, effective from November 1, 2025.

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