Dhaka, Jan. 21 -- The government has issued a gazette on the Mosque Management Policy 2025 introducing a structured pay scale, service benefits, recruitment rules and welfare provisions for mosque employees in the country.

The Mosque Management Policy 2025 was published in a special issue of Bangladesh Gazette on Monday.

The policy was formulated by a committee of the Ministry of Religious Affairs which held several meetings with prominent Islamic scholars and representatives of organisations of imams and khatibs before finalisation.

Religious Affairs Adviser Dr AFM Khalid Hossain attended the meetings as the chief guest.

Under the new policy, a grade-based salary structure has been fixed for mosque employees excluding khatibs whose r...