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Government workers continued their protests for the fourth consecutive day on Tuesday, demanding the repeal of the Public Service (Amendment) Ordinance-2025, successfully bringing administrative operations on the Secretariat to a standstill, in accordance with The Dhaka Tribune.
Dhaka:
Bangladesh’s interim authorities, led by Muhammad Yunus, deployed paramilitary forces on the secretariat on Tuesday as protests towards a controversial new service regulation entered their fourth consecutive day.
According to PTI, personnel from Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), the police’s Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) unit, and the elite anti-crime Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) had been stationed at key entry factors to the secretariat complicated, which homes numerous ministries and demanding administrative places of work.
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) imposed a ban on rallies and public gatherings in and across the secretariat space. Journalists and guests had been additionally barred from coming into the premises, tightening restrictions amid rising unrest.
The protests are unfolding towards the backdrop of a broader motion demanding nationwide elections, with frustration mounting over the nine-month tenure of the interim administration. Reports from the *Dhaka Tribune* counsel that regulation and order within the nation have deteriorated because the interim authorities assumed energy, intensifying requires an elected management.
Why are authorities workers protesting?
The demonstrations centre on opposition to the Public Service (Amendment) Ordinance, 2025, issued by the President on Sunday. The ordinance permits the federal government to dismiss workers for 4 classes of disciplinary offences by a show-cause discover, bypassing formal departmental proceedings.
Protesting staff have condemned the ordinance as an “unlawful black law”, and have rallied underneath slogans reminiscent of “The fire has been lit in our blood,” “Abolish the unlawful black law,” “Employees reject this illegal law,” “We will not accept it,” “Unite 18 lakh workers,” and “No compromise, only struggle.”
All worker organisations based mostly on the secretariat have vowed to proceed their demonstrations till the ordinance is withdrawn.
Security has additionally been strengthened on account of demonstrations by July Mancha, a student-led group allied with the interim authorities, which has launched counter-protests towards the federal government workers. Authorities stay on excessive alert as tensions escalate within the capital.
