State Minister for Public Administration Farhad Hossain said there are 358,125 vacant posts in various ministries, divisions and directorates of the government.
Farhad revealed the information while responding to a tabled question from ruling party lawmaker elected from Mymensingh Kazim Uddin Ahmed at Parliament on Wednesday.
He said that according to the latest published statistics of civil officers and staff-2021 book (published in June, 2022) from the Ministry of Public Administration, there are 358,125 vacant posts in various ministries/departments/directorates/departments and government offices under the government.
Among them 43,336 posts of first class officers, 40,561 second class, 151, 548 of the third class and 1,22,680 fourth class, he added.
He said that the 41st BCS oral exam is ongoing, the 43rd BSS written exam answer sheet evaluation is going on and 44th written exam ended on January 11.
The state minister said that the probable date of the 45th BCS preliminary test is scheduled in the second week of March.
He said that the appointment to the vacant posts in government offices is an ongoing process.
Bd-pratidin English/Golam Rosul
