Besides, the officials deprived of promotions, made OSDs or allegedly harassed during the last five years have started coming to the secretariat to meet the establishment secretary for justice.

Some 50 pro-AL officials and employees staged demonstrations at the secretariat on Sunday and Monday, which continued yesterday, witnesses said.

A group of officials and employees led by Alauddin Ahmed Chowdhury, assistant private secretary (APS) to the former leader of the opposition, met the establishment secretary and demanded promotion of those deprived in the last five years, new postings of around 700 officials made OSD and punishment to those responsible for politicising the administration.

Sources said that the deprived officials are determined to continue creating pressure on the caretaker administration to meet their demands.

On Monday, a group of officials and employees led by the APS of former prime minister Shamsul Alam held a gathering at the secretariat in the name of exchanging Eid greetings.