Archive · 30 Nov 2025
Bangladesh Health Assistants Continue Strike for Demands
Health assistants in Bangladesh are on strike.
They want the government to upgrade their job level to the 14th grade and meet other demands.
They started protesting on October 1st and are still not working.
They even had a sit-in at a famous place in Dhaka.
They say they won't stop until the government makes an official order about their demands.
They had a partial break in October to help with a typhoid vaccination program, but now they are back to protesting.
Health assistants in Bangladesh are continuing their indefinite work stoppage to demand the upgrading of their posts to the 14th grade.
Thousands of health assistants held a sit-in at the Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka, starting on Saturday.
The Bangladesh Health Assistant Association has six demands, including amendments to recruitment rules and an end to salary discrimination.
A partial suspension of the strike occurred in October to allow for a typhoid vaccination program, but the strike resumed afterward.
The government has not yet issued an order to upgrade the health assistants' entry position, prompting the continued protest.
- Who
- Health assistants in Bangladesh under the Bangladesh Health Assistant Association
- What
- Continuation of an indefinite work stoppage protest
- When
- Since October 1, 2023, with a sit-in starting on Saturday
- Where
- Dhaka, Bangladesh, specifically at the Central Shaheed Minar
- Why
- To demand the upgrading of their posts to the 14th grade and other six-point demands
- Location
- Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Organization
- Bangladesh Health Assistant Association
- Demands
- Six-point demands including grade upgrade, salary equality, and technical status
- Strike Start Date
- October 1, 2023
- Key Spokesperson
- Fazlul Haque Chowdhury
- Government Response
- No government order issued yet
- Recent Action
- Sit-in at Central Shaheed Minar