Dhaka, Dec. 18 -- The government has suspended 14 Secretariat employees over their alleged involvement in protests demanding the introduction of a so-called "Secretariat allowance," escalating a confrontation between public servants and the administration that briefly paralyzed the country's top bureaucratic hub.
The suspension orders were issued on December 15 through separate notifications by the employees' respective ministries, officials said, after a Dhaka court accepted charge sheets filed against them in cases lodged under the Anti-Terrorism Act.
The decision followed days of protests that culminated in the confinement of the finance adviser inside the Secretariat compound.
Among those suspended are Badiul Kabir, president of the ...