Dhaka, May 27 -- Government employees have continued their protests and work stoppage at the Secretariat in opposition to the recently enacted ordinance amending the Public Service Act.

In line with a directive from the home ministry, visitors will not be allowed entry into the government's administrative headquarters on Tuesday. Journalists are also barred from entering until the afternoon.

Speaking to staff inside the Secretariat, it was learnt that they had begun their protests with a procession in the morning. Later, they gathered beneath the new Secretariat building to continue their demonstration.

Around 11am, ABM Abdus Sattar, president of the BNP-aligned Anti-Discrimination Employees Unity Forum, attempted to enter the premises...