The Bangladesh Temporary Government led by Muhammad Yunus has deployed paramilitary forces, including Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), police special weapons and tactics (SWAT) and Elite unit against Action Action Battalion (RAB) in Dhaka, Dhaka.
This step came as protests of the Bangladesh government employees against the controversial new service law, which entered their fourth consecutive day, which seriously disrupted administrative functions in the central government.
Protests against the controversial law
Demonstrations began after the Bangladesh President Mohammed Sahabuddin declared a public service regulation (amendment) 2025, allowing the government to reject employees for four types of disciplinary violations through the announcement and circumvention of the formal department.
The employees of the Bangladesh government described the regulation as “illegal black law” and demanded its immediate abolition. Demonstrators sang slogans, such as “abolition of the illegal black law” and “no compromise, only fight”, promised to continue their movement until the law has been withdrawn.
Security clutch on the secretariat
In response to protests, the authorities imposed strict blockage of security. BGB, SWAT and RAB were placed on all entrance secretariats, prevented journalists and visitors from entering.
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) banned the assembly and assembly in and its surroundings, while the access of visitors was limited by the Ministry of Home.
A political and security context
The riots come in the middle of the growing tension between the temporary government led by Muhammad Yunus in Bangladesh and the army that urged the elections by December.
Officials of the Bangladeshi army reiterated their obligation to national sovereignty, but expressed reservations about certain government policies, including the proposed humanitarian corridor of Myanmar’s rebel Austrian state.
Growing crime and call
Dhaka has recently witnessed an increase in violent crime, and the murder cases have almost tripled compared to last year. The deteriorating situation in the field of law and order has intensified the call of political and economic analysts for a democratically elected government.
The Center for Policy for Policy (CPD) called on the Provisional Administration to announce a fixed date for the national elections and noted that the government has been in office for nine months.
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