Why are top bank officials getting raises while employees face salary cuts?

During the pandemic, some banks cut the pay of its officials and workers on the basis of "economic downturn". However, some of the banks on the salary cut list have seen their senior executives' pay increase during the same time. The earnings of the two banks on this list, like that of many of the country's banks, climbed last year.

Why is there such a discrepancy between ordinary employees and top officials? Are those banks under investigation for any wrongdoing?

In Straight from Star newsroom,  The Daily Star Reporter Ahsan Habib, talks to Debjani Shyama about the discrepancies in the salaries of employees of several banks in Bangladesh.