Dhaka, April 5 -- Retired scientists, officials, and employees of all levels of BCSIR (Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research) formed a human chain at the BCSIR office premises in Dhaka on Wednesday morning, demanding pension and festival allowance before Eid-ul-Fitr.

The former employees of BCSIR held placards with various slogans on their chests, along with banners.

The pension that the retired scientists, officials, and staff members had been getting for the last 32 years within the government allocation was suspended by the BCSIR authorities in July 2023.

When the leaders of the BCSIR Retired Scientists and Officers Welfare Association met the chairman of BCSIR recently and requested the payment of at least two or...