Dhaka, Dec. 10 -- Employees have withdrawn their sit-in after receiving assurances that a government order (GO) will be issued to introduce a "Secretariat allowance".

They ended their protest around 8:30pm on Wednesday, after blocking Finance Advisor Salehuddin Ahmed inside his office for six hours on the fourth floor of the Finance Division.

Badiul Kabir, a leader of the employees' union, said: "We have been assured that the GO will be issued tomorrow. We have withdrawn the protest."

Staff from all ministries and divisions working inside the Secretariat began demonstrating after 2:30pm, gathering outside the advisor's office to press for a 20 percent Secretariat allowance for all employees. The advisor was confined inside during the p...