From now on, wages of those working under Sustainable Forests and Livelihoods (SUFAL) Project run by Bangladesh Forest Department will be disbursed through Nagad.
A tripartite agreement was recently signed among Directorate of Posts, Nagad Ltd and Bangladesh Forest Department at Bana Bhaban in the capital’s Agargaon area, according to a press release on Wednesday.
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Gobinda Roy, deputy chief conservator of Forests and project director of SUFAL, Parvin Banu, director (Planning) of Directorate of Posts, and Md Shafayet Alam, executive director of Nagad, signed the agreement on behalf of their respective organizations, it said.
Workers of SUFAL project will instantly get their wages through Nagad. A day labourer will get Tk 500 in wage per day, a watcher Tk 3,000 per month and one tasked with community patrolling Tk 1,800 per month. The annual disbursement for paying salaries and other allowances among the people engaged with the project stands at more than TK 200 crore, said the release.
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“Nagad has become people’s favourite service provider within a short time. That is why the government is disbursing various types of allowances through Nagad. Besides, many government institutions and agencies use Nagad to pay salaries to their employees, which inspires us to do better,” said Md Shafayet Alam, executive director of Nagad.
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