Protests erupted at several banks on Thursday with officials alleging that those who were not aligned with the government or bank owners and those who refused to engage in illegal activities had faced harassment and termination.
Aggrieved officials demanded the cancellation of illegal appointments and punishment for bank owners involved in money laundering and other irregularities.
They also called for the reinstatement of employees who had been unjustly terminated over the past several years.
Officials of various banks, including Islami Bank, Social Islami Bank, United Commercial Bank and Bangladesh Commerce Bank, staged demonstrations at their respective head offices.
The protesters also called for the restoration of previous ownership structures in their institutions.
On Wednesday, officials of state-owned banks, including Sonali, Janata and Agrani, held protests, alleging that they faced discrimination in the past years.
On the same day, many Bangladesh Bank officials demanded the resignation of six high-ranking officials, including the governor and deputy governors, accusing them of ties to corrupt individuals in the recently deposed Awami League-led government.
The protests erupted following a significant political change in the country after Sheikh Hasina resigned as prime minister on Monday and fled the country, ending her 15-year rule amid an unprecedented student-led mass uprising against her authoritarian regime.
In response to the unrests in banks, the central bank instructed all banks to tighten monitoring of transactions and restricted withdrawals to no more than Tk聽1 lakh per day.
This decision followed a rush of customers attempting to withdraw large sums after the political change.
