Dhaka, Nov. 30 -- Medical technologists and pharmacists across Bangladesh have observed a two-hour work stoppage to press for their wages to be raised to the 10th grade of the national pay scale, warning of a nationwide shutdown of health services if their demands are not met.

The strike was enforced at all hospitals from 9am to 11am on Sunday under the banner of the "Medical Technologists and Pharmacists 10th Grade Implementation Council".

The groups warned of a full-day shutdown of healthcare services from Dec 4 if their demands continue to go unmet.

"We have been demanding 10th grade salaries for 31 years, but it has yet to be implemented," Tushar Ahmed Niloy, chief of the council's media cell, told bdnews24.com.

He said the counci...