Dhaka, April 24 -- Flora Telecom Limited recruited 50 individuals on a contractual basis for the position of IT Support Engineer in a project under the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). The appointments were made in two phases in May and June 2024. During the first three months, employees managed to collect their salaries after much persuasion. Since then, the company has stopped paying salaries to 48 of the employees.

As a result, salaries for eight months are now overdue. While the employees are struggling to survive without pay, the company has instead issued threats of dismissal. Flora Telecom officials have even advised them to look for jobs elsewhere. However, the employees claim that at the time of recruitment, they w...