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The Ministry of Finance has officially published the gazette notification for the National Pay Scale 2026, establishing the revised pay matrices and formal "pay fixation" procedures for determining revised basic salaries from legacy scales.
The revised pay structure will take effect retrospectively from July 1, 2026. The structure sets the entry-level minimum basic salary at Tk 20,000 for Grade 20 and the baseline for Grade 1 at Tk 1,56,000, excluding fixed-remuneration apex positions such as Senior Secretaries (Tk 1,64,000), the Cabinet Secretary, and the Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister (Tk 1,72,000).
An employee's specific tier within the new pay scale will be determined based on their June 30 basic pay, their substantive service grade, and the corresponding salary scale under the 2026 framework. The notification outlines two primary formulas for basic pay fixation:
Method 1 (Entry-Step Alignment): Employees drawing the entry-level minimum step of their grade as of June 30 will transition directly to the initial baseline step of the corresponding grade in the 2026 pay scale. For instance, a 16th-grade employee earning the legacy starting basic pay of Tk 9,300 will transition directly to the revised 16th-grade entry step of Tk 21,900.
Method 2 (Differential Calculation for Incremental Steps): Employees earning above the base step must first calculate the difference between their June 30 basic pay and the starting step of their old scale. That differential amount is then added to the initial step of the corresponding 2026 scale. If the total matches an existing step in the new scale, the salary is fixed at that amount; if it falls between two steps, it advances to the immediate higher tier. For example, an employee drawing Tk 13,790 against an initial step of Tk 12,500 holds a differential of Tk 1,290. Adding Tk 1,290 to the revised base of Tk 25,000 equals Tk 26,290. Because Tk 26,290 does not exist as an exact step, pay is rounded up to the nearest next tier at Tk 26,300.
The two-method formula does not apply to Cabinet Secretaries, Principal Secretaries, Senior Secretaries, or Grade 1 officials, as their basic salaries are fixed amounts.
The gazette also clarifies terms for non-standard duty statuses:
Deputation & Leaves: Deputation pay will be fixed against the entitlement of the employee's parent office. Standard modalities apply to staff on leave or under suspension.
Post-Retirement Leave (PRL): Employees whose PRL concluded on or before June 30 and entered final retirement on July 1 are ineligible for pay fixation under the 2026 structure.
Time Scale / Higher Grades: Permanent staff completing eight years of satisfactory tenure in the same post without promotion will advance to the next higher grade scale in their ninth year, though this financial adjustment will not constitute an administrative promotion.
