Business Desk :
Bangladesh Bank on Tuesday issued a set of guidelines for implementing new salary scales and other allowances for entry-level bankers from April, keeping the financial health of banks amid the Covid-19 pandemic in mind.
From April, the minimum salary of general branch officers will be Tk39,000 and cash officers will be Tk36,000.
The minimum wage for trainee general officers will be Tk28,000 and cash officers Tk26,000.
The remaining allowances must be implemented from April 2023, the central bank circular also said.
Bangladesh Bank had previously set March 1 as the deadline for implementing the new minimum salaries.
But the Bangladesh Association of Banks (BAB), an organization of directors of private banks, later asked for more time.
However, the wage structure will not apply to nine fourth generation and new banks along with Bangladesh Commerce Bank and ICB Islamic Bank.
