DHAKA: Hundreds of employees of country’s national carrier Biman Bangladesh Airlines have besieged the office of its chairman as the authorities didn’t accept their demands Thursday.

According to the pre-schedule program the staff started to gather at Balaka Bhaban in city and besiege the 2nd floor of the office around 11:00pm.

The Biman chairman Jamal Uddin was absent in the office.

Earlier, Biman Shramik League president Mashiur Rahman announced the program at the airlines’ headquarters at Balaka Bhaban in city on last Wednesday.

Their demands include introducing organogram for the organization and uniform allowance, cent percent medical allowance, making the job permanent for non-permanents, increasing food allowance and providing facilities to Biman Flight Catering Centre (BFCC) employees as equal as the employees of the national carrier.

They also demanded dearness allowance from the government declared date.

In January in 2013, Biman employees staged strong movement demanding the introduction of uniform allowance and increasing food allowance. At one stage, they demanded stepping down of Biman chairman Jamal Uddin.

The then civil aviation minister Faruk Khan agreed to meet the demands. 

Later, the demands were not passed in the meeting of Biman’s board of directors. Biman sources said that some of directors agreed to meet the demand but its chairmen opposed. 

BDST: 1315 HRS, JULY 3, 2014