Cabinet okays proposal for increasing defence chiefs tenure

The cabinet today approved a draft law increasing the tenure of defence chiefs from three years to four years.
Their salary has also been fixed at Tk 86,000 each which is equal to a senior secretary to cabinet secretary, Cabinet Secretary Mohammad Shafiul Alam told journalists at a press conference after the meeting.
As per the proposed Defence Forces Chief (recruitment, retirement and wages) Act – 2016, the tenure of the post will be four years with the provision of no reappointment.
The cabinet okayed the draft act at a meeting presided by Prime Minister Sheikh Haisna at the Secretariat in Dhaka.