Dr. Asif Nazrul, the Law, Justice, and Parliamentary Affairs Adviser, spoke to reporters today in his office at the Bangladesh Secretariat. Photo: BSS

DHAKA, June 16, 2025 (BSS) – Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Adviser Dr Asif Nazrul today urged the government employees to keep their agitation in abeyance until the high-level committee, formed in this connection, submits its report.

The government on June 4 last formed the committee with the law adviser as its convener to make recommendations to the government through discussion with the agitating parties for reviewing the Public Service (Amendment) Ordinance, 2025. 

“We (the committee) will hold first meeting at 4 pm today. I have the demands raised by the government employees. We will decide which of those demands will be considered and how those demands will be considered,” he said.

“After determining that, Inshallah, we will submit report to the council of advisers as soon as possible.” he added.

“We will submit report or make proposal. We are not entitled to take decision,” Asif Nazrul told reporters in his office at Bangladesh Secretariat.

Replying a question on the ordinance, the law adviser said he was abroad while the ordinance was formulating. 

“I was not directly involved with the formulation of the law. I can only say one thing - the government did not make the ordinance with any mala fide intension,” the adviser said.

“Even through the law was not framed with any bad intention, but those people, on whom the law will be applied, may take it as tool of harassment.

This is basically a law of the Ministry of Public Administration, and we have only made a gazette notification.