Hundreds protest against Yunus-led government’s ‘black’ public service law

DHAKA: As the interim government led by Muhammad Yunus approaches the end of its tenth month in office, protests-ranging from student demonstrations to factory workers' strikes, as well as movements from women's rights organizations and radical Islamist parties-continue to escalate in Bangladesh.

Protests, political uncertainty and increasing incidents of crime and violence have gripped Bangladesh since the Yunus-led interim government, which once vowed to bring reforms, assumed power last August.

On Tuesday, another protest entered its fourth day, when hundreds of employees from various ministries and divisions of the South Asian Nation gathered at the Secretariat in Dhaka, demanding the withdrawal of the "Public Service (Amendment) Ordinance, 2025", approved by the interim administration. The protest and work stoppage at the Secretariat in opposition to the recently enacted ordinance continued despite tight security measures from the law enforcement agencies, local media reported.

The employees under the banner of the Bangladesh Secretariat Officers and Employees United Council announced that they will continue the demonstration until the ordinance, which they have labelled as "repressive and a black law," is repealed. The protestors marched, raising slogans against the ordinance and urging government employees across the country to hold similar demonstrations simultaneously in their respective offices. (IANS)

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