Mustafizur Rahman
The government has initiated fresh moves to increase the facilities for Bangladesh Rifles personnel, official sources said.
The authorities have also started lobbying to send BDR personnel on UN peacekeeping missions, according to the officials.
The home ministry on Wednesday sent a letter to the finance ministry proposing an increase in monthly border allowance for the BDR personnel to Tk 500 from Tk 260.
The ministry has also proposed to increase the ration for the BDR soldiers to 100 per cent from the existing 60 per cent, a senior official concerned at the home affairs ministry told New Age.
‘The home affairs ministry has sent a demi-official letter signed by the secretary to the finance ministry seeking increase in the border allowance to Tk 500 from Tk 260 considering the service risk of the BDR soldiers,’ said the official.
A similar proposal from the home ministry was rejected seven months ago by the finance ministry during the interim government of Fakhruddin Ahmed, he said.
The home ministry has also started lobbying with the foreign missions concerned through the foreign affairs ministry to send the BDR personnel, along with the army and police personnel, on UN peacekeeping missions, said the officials concerned.
According to the organogram, there are a total of 44,004 personnel in the Bangladesh Rifles, including 446 officials of which 386 officers are deputed from the army.
Courtesy of www.newagebd.com
