Demo at Secretariat for withdrawal of amended public service ordinance

A group of government officials and employees under the banner of Bangladesh Secretariat Officers-Employees Sangjukti Parishad have been organising a protest at the secretariat for the second consecutive day demanding the withdrawal of the draft of the Public Service (Amendment) Ordinance, 2025.

From Sunday (May 25) morning, hundreds of employees were seen joining the protest march led by Md Nurul Islam and Md Mojahidul Islam, president and general secretary, respectively, of a faction of Bangladesh Secretariat Officers-Employees Sangjukti Parishad.

Nurul Islam, president of a faction of Bangladesh Secretariat Officers-Employees Sangjukti Parishad, said, “The movement will continue until this ordinance is withdrawn.”

"A strict programme will be announced to paralyze the secretariat if the demands are not met," he warned.

Earlier, the Advisory Council of the interim government approved the draft of the Public Service (Amendment) Ordinance, 2025 on May 22.

Allegations have surfaced that the draft ordinance includes some ‘repressive provisions’ from a special regulation enacted four and a half decades ago. Government officials and employees alleged that a scope has been created to easily punish them, or even dismiss them from service.