Dhaka, Mar 01 (V7N) –Officials from 25 cadres of the Bangladesh Civil Service will observe a full-day work abstention tomorrow (2 March) in protest against the suspension of 12 government officers, the Inter-Cadre Discrimination Elimination Council has announced.
"We are issuing a one-week ultimatum for the reinstatement of 12 officials who were suspended for expressing their personal opinions on social media," the council's Coordinator Muhammad Mofizur Rahman said at a view exchange meeting with journalists at the Agricultural Information Service conference hall in Dhaka's Khamarbari today (1 March).
During the strike, officials will wear black badges and stand in front of their respective offices with banners from 10:30am to 11:30am, he said. "However, emergency services, including hospital emergency departments, will remain operational."
Mofizur warned that if the issue is not resolved within the next week, they will be compelled to announce stricter programmes. "We hope the concerned authorities will take necessary steps to address the matter."
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