Trainee doctors block Shahbagh demanding pay hike

Postgraduate private trainee doctors have taken position by blocking Shahbagh intersection this morning, demanding a hike in their monthly allowance to Tk 50,000 from Tk 30,000.

The trainee physicians blocked Shahbagh intersection on Sunday (December 29) morning, halting the traffic movement and causing suffering to commuters.

Earlier on December 22, postgraduate private trainee doctors blocked Shahbagh intersection demanding a hike in their monthly allowance. Amid the protest, the government issued a circular increasing postgraduate private trainee doctors’ allowance to Tk 30,000 from Tk 25,000.

The trainee doctors, however, rejected this decision and announced to continue the protest.