, May 25 -- Bangladesh's public administration remains mired in chaos as several employees' associations have launched fresh protests demanding sweeping reforms, removals, and policy reversals, further exposing the instability of administrative discipline following the fall of the Awami League government.

Several groups of current and former officials have taken to the streets again, protesting issues ranging from alleged political appointments to policy discriminations among cadres.

Demonstrations, sit-ins and human chains inside and outside the Secretariat have become a regular affair with rising tensions among displeased sections of the bureaucracy.

As disorder grows and agitations intensify, insiders warn that failure to restore or...