The government has allocated Tk 1 billion to pay the wages of the workers at factories of the Bangladesh Jute Mill Corporation.
The move comes a day after workers of the nine state-owned jute mills in Khulna and Jashore demonstrated to press home their 11-point demand, including payment of due wages.
In a statement issued on Tuesday (Nov 26), the finance ministry said the allocation was made from the head of unexpected expenditure in the current fiscal to pay the workers' dues for August to November of 2018.
It said the money can't be used for any other purposes and the payment has to be made through the workers' bank accounts.
A detailed statement, including the list of workers, has to be sent to the Finance Division within a week after the payment, the statement read.
Given the money as an operational loan to the BJMC, the state agency has to repay the loan in the next 20 years in two instalments in a year bearing a 5 percent interest.
An agreement will be signed between the BJMC and the Finance Division in this regard, it added.