Govt Staff Protest at Secretariat, Target 3 Advisers with Memos

Government employees are staging a protest at the Secretariat on Sunday, demanding the repeal of the Public Service (Amendment) Ordinance, 2025. Following the demonstration, they will submit a memorandum to three advisers regarding their demands. The protest march began at around 11:00 am in front of Building No. 6 in the Secretariat’s Badamtoli area.

Md Nurul Islam, Co-chairman of the Bangladesh Secretariat Employees Unity Forum, told journalists that after the march, a memorandum would be handed over to Advisers Ali Imam Majumder, Muhammad Fouzul Kabir Khan, and Syeda Rizwana Hasan, urging them to push for the withdrawal of the ordinance. Earlier, on Thursday, employees had announced their plan to submit memorandums to five advisers on Sunday and Monday.

During the protest, officers and employees chanted slogans such as “Abolish the illegal black law,” “Employees reject the unlawful black law,” “We don’t accept and won’t accept this repressive ordinance,” “Unite and fight, 1.8 million employees,” and “Beware, collaborators of fascism.” The Public Service (Amendment) Ordinance, 2025, issued on May 25, allows for the termination of government employees for four types of disciplinary breaches without departmental proceedings—requiring only a show-cause notice.

Following the draft ordinance’s approval at an advisory council meeting on May 22, officials and employees began united protests at the Secretariat on May 24, demanding its withdrawal. They have termed the ordinance repressive and a ‘black law.’ On May 27, protesting employees met with the Senior Secretary of the Ministry of Land, ASM Saleh Ahmed, along with several other secretaries. At the meeting, it was decided that the secretaries would inform the Cabinet Secretary on May 28 about the employees’ demand to repeal the ordinance. The government would then decide on the matter.