Dhaka, Oct. 27 -- The Ministry of Primary and Mass Education has upgraded the salaries of 45 government primary school headteachers to 10th grade, granting them gazetted officer status.

A long legal battle concluded on Monday as the ministry issued a gazette notification raising their salaries from 11th grade to 10th grade.

The notification, signed by Joint Secretary Sebika Sultana, cited the High Court division ruling of Feb 25, 2019, on a writ petition filed in 2018, the civil review petition verdict of Mar 13, 2025, and the finance ministry's opinion of Oct 6, 2025 as the basis for the pay upgrade with gazetted status.

The ministry said the headteachers would be entitled to 10th grade benefits retroactively from Feb 25, 2019, the da...