Protests resumed at the Bangladesh Secretariat on Monday, just a day after the end of the long 10-day Eid holiday, as employees from various ministries and departments continue to demand the cancellation of the ‘Government Job (Amendment) Ordinance-2025’.
The protests, which have been ongoing for several days, intensified following the government’s issuance of the ordinance.
Employees staged a rally, marched different alleys through the Secretariat and gathered at Badamtala. They chanted slogans calling for the repeal of the ordinance, with prominent ones, including ‘We don’t accept this illegal black law!’
After the demonstration, the protesters planned to submit a memorandum to three government advisers—home adviser Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury, housing and public works and industries adviser Adilur Rahman Khan and social welfare adviser Sharmin S Murshid.
The controversy surrounding the ordinance, which was introduced by the government while the protests were already underway, has sparked widespread anger among civil servants.
The protesting employees are now holding sit-ins, issuing memorandums, and calling for strikes in an effort to pressure the government into revoking the ordinance.
Before the Eid break, several advisers had already received memorandums from the protestors, including finance adviser Salehuddin Ahmed, law adviser Asif Nazrul, food and land ministry adviser Ali Imam Mojumder, energy, roads and railways adviser Muhammad Fawzul Kabir Khan, environmental and water resources adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan, local government and youth adviser Asif Mahmud Sajeeb Bhuiyan, and information and broadcasting adviser Mahfuz Alam.
Monday’s protest is part of a series of actions by civil servants across the Secretariat, indicating that the struggle against the ordinance is far from over.
Protesters are continuing to demand the government’s immediate withdrawal of the “Government Job (Amendment) Ordinance-2025” and have vowed to intensify their actions if their demands are not met.
