Employees of the Association of Development Agencies in Bangladesh (ADAB), a coordinating body of no-governmental organisations of Bangladesh, yesterday staged a sit-in in front of its head office demanding reinstatement of their retrenched colleagues.

They also submitted a memorandum to the chairperson of ADAB on February 26 demanding payment of their arrears.

The ADAB authorities terminated 70 employees illegally and they were not paid dues according to the service rules, the employees said.

The staff also said the ADAB activities came to a standstill as the government stopped releasing fund to it bringing allegation of political biasness against the organisation.

They said the academic activities of their children are being hampered due to financial crisis.

They urged the ADAD authorities to free the organisation from politics to improve relationship with the government.

The terminated staff said they would continue sit-in until their demand is met.