Dhaka, Sept. 26 -- Employees of public-sector banks and financial institutions are entitled to get incentive bonus pro rata with performance while government ex gratia is secure regardless of failure in meeting conditions under a new rule.

Financial Institutions Division (FID) Thursday issued a notification stipulating the new document called "guidelines for payment of incentive bonus to employees working in state-owned commercial banks, scheduled specialised banks, non-scheduled specialised banks and financial institutions 2025".

Sources say the new guidelines come amid noncompliance with the old ones by the banks and financial institutions and "providing incentive bonuses at their will".

Some banks and financial institutions paid up ...