2006              2005
             Taka              Taka
23. Salary and allowances (excluding MD's salary, allowances & fee) 
Basic salary          348,205,279         296,655,756
House rent allowances          204,830,535         167,851,716
House maintenance allowances             1,851,485            1,893,017
Conveyance allowance            77,147,840           63,350,370
Madical allowances           59,790,599           48,865,894
CPF(provident fund)           33,120,289           28,003,951
Bonus to employees          162,543,167           91,840,569
Gratuity            59,050,711           62,479,345
Other allowances            48,314,594           37,514,673
Total         994,854,499         798,455,291