Dhaka, March 19 -- Bangladesh Bidi Sramik Federation on Monday formed a human chain in front of the National Press Club to press home their five demands, to reduce tariffs on bidis in the budget for the next 2024-25 fiscal year.
About thousands of bidi workers gathered in front of the National Press Club and staged demonstrations there in the morning. Their demands are reduction of existing tariffs on bidis in the forthcoming 2023-24 budget, reduction from 18 taka 2 taka to 16 taka per packet of bidis, withdrawal of income tax on bidis, Ensuring monthly at least one carton (5 packets) of bandrolls to on-line licensed bidi factory and to take strict legal action against production and marketing of fake bidis The labor leaders, later, handed...