Dhaka, May 25 -- Government employees on Sunday threatened not to return to work until the withdrawal of the draft 'Public Service (Amendment) Ordinance 2025.

Md Badiul Kabir, president of the Bangladesh Secretariat Officers and Employees United Council, came up with the announcement while demonstrating at the main entrance of the Secretariat.

"We will resist the ill motive behind this ordinance as it is a repressive law," he said.

"We will not return to our duties unless the ordinance is withdrawn. We will continue our sit-in protest at Badamtola (in front of Building No. 6) inside the Secretariat," he added.

They also threatened to shut all gates and bring Secretariat operations to a halt.

"We have already spoken to several adviser...