Dhaka, June 22 -- Employees at the Bangladesh Secretariat will observe a two-hour work abstention on Monday demanding the repeal of the Public Service (Amendment) Ordinance, 2025.

Md Nurul Islam, chairman of the Secretariat Officers and Employees Unity Forum, announced the fresh programme from a protest rally on the Secretariat premises on Sunday.

The 2-hour work abstention will start at 11am.

Earlier around 11:15am, employees began their demonstration from the ground floor of the Finance Ministry.

They marched through different sections of the Secretariat chanting slogans against the ordinance.

This demonstration marks the continuation of a series of protests staged by government employees against the ordinance which they claim woul...