Bangladesh Employees Welfare Board

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Bangladesh Employees Welfare Board
Formation2004
Headquarters Dhaka, Bangladesh
Region served
Bangladesh
Official language
Bengali
Director General
Nahid Rashid
Website www.bkkb.gov.bd

The Bangladesh Employees Welfare Board is a government board responsible for the welfare of government employees in Bangladesh and is located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. [1] The board is headed by the director general, Nahid Rashid.

History

The Bangladesh Employees Welfare Board was established on 29 January 2004. [2] In 2013, protestors from Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh and Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh damaged 53 buses of the board kept at its depot at Dilkusha. The government announced plans to build a 30-story highrise to generate income for the board. [3] The board was updated through the passage of Bangladesh Employees Welfare Board (amendment) Act, 2017. [4]

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