Publishers demand compensation

They also demanded the order of publishing the books of private publishers approved for the years of 2005 and 2006.

Since the Uni-track Education was new to our country, the publishers had to face difficulty in selecting writers and collecting information.

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When the publishers almost completed all preparations to publish books, the sudden decision of the government pushed them into huge financial loss, they said.

They publication sector will have to incur a loss of Tk one crore for the unjustified government decision, they claimed in the memorandum.

They also protested the comment in the cabinet meeting that the preparation to start the Uni-track Education was not satisfactory.

They threatened the government to take legal action if it fails to take necessary steps in five days.

President of the association Md Abu Taher, Vice President Md Tajul Islam, Director Bahauddin Bhuiyan and other leaders attended the meeting.