Bangladesh Employees Welfare Board
Formation2004
HeadquartersDhaka, Bangladesh
Region served
Bangladesh
Official language
Bengali
Director General
Nahid Rashid
Websitewww.bkkb.gov.bd

The Bangladesh Employees Welfare Board is a government board responsible for the welfare of government employees in Bangladesh and is located in Dhaka, Bangladesh.[1] The board is headed by the director general, Nahid Rashid.

History

The Bangladesh Employees Welfare Board was established on 29 January 2004.[2] In 2013, protestors from Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh and Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh damaged 53 buses of the board kept at its depot at Dilkusha. The government announced plans to build a 30-story highrise to generate income for the board.[3] The board was updated through the passage of Bangladesh Employees Welfare Board (amendment) Act, 2017.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "4 bills placed as JS session starts". The Daily Star. Archived from the original on 13 October 2017. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
  2. ↑ "Bangladesh Karmachari Kallyan Board (BKKB)". Bangladesh Employees Welfare Board. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
  3. ↑ "Govt plans permanent pay commission: PM". The Daily Star. 29 August 2013. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
  4. ↑ "Two-year jail for cruelty to animals". The Daily Star. 21 February 2017. Retrieved 13 October 2017.


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