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Order to reinstate jobs of 1,137 excluded candidates from 27th BCS
The Appellate Division has ordered the reinstatement of jobs for 1,137 candidates who were deprived of employment in the 27th BCS exams nearly 17 years ago. After the appeal hearing on Thursday, the verdict was issued by a five-judge bench led by Chief Justice Dr. Syed Refaat Ahmed. Senior...
Commission's recommendations on BCS exam
The Public Administration Reform Commission has made several recommendations regarding the Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) examination. It has provided a roadmap starting from the BCS exam to appointment process. Additionally, it has proposed a redistribution of marks for fundamental subjects and...
BCSA demand reduction of bank interest rate, electricity bills
The cold storage owners demanded for reducing the bank interest rate and electricity bills, aiming to reduce the storage rent while preserving potato. Besides, they demanded that the cold storage industry be declared an agro-based industry to safeguard potato farmers. They made the demand on...
Commission to recommend replacing word ‘cadre’ with ‘service’
The Public Administration Reform Commission is going to make more than 200 recommendations, including the removal of word cadre in BCS in future. Several members of the commission confirmed this matter to Bangladesh Pratidin that there is also a proposal to reduce the number of cadre. The...
44th BCS viva voce to begin Feb 9
The Bangladesh Public Service Commission (BPSC) on Monday announced the schedule for the viva voce of the candidates, who passed the 44th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) written examination, set to begin on February 9. A total of 900 candidates in general, technical and professional cadres will...
BCS cadres eye on reform commission report
BCS Cadres eye on much talked report of the Public Administration Reform Commission. Not only the cadres, but also non-cadre officers are paying their interest on the reports findings and recommendations. There are various discussions going on about whether the inter-cadre crisis will increase...
"Most excluded 43rd BCS candidates to rejoin; dearness allowance coming soon"
The majority of the 267 candidates excluded from the 43rd Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) recruitment process are expected to rejoin their jobs, Senior Secretary of the Ministry of Public Administration Dr Md Mokhlesur Rahman stated. The investigation has been completed, and we are working to...
Physicians issue one-week ultimatum demanding increase in BCS age limit
Physicians have given the government a one-week ultimatum demanding an increase in the age limit for BCS applications. Although the age limit for general students has been increased by two years to 32, the previous age limit for doctors applications remained the same. It was announced to...
Meeting about excluded candidates Thursday
The Ministry of Public Administration will hold a meeting for the reconsideration of the applications of 227 candidates who were excluded from the 43rd BCS (Bangladesh Civil Service) examination, reports UNB. The meeting will be held on January 9 at 11:30 am chaired by the Senior Secretary of...
What Sarjis Alam says about elimination of 267 candidates in 43rd BCS
The exclusion of 267 candidates following the re-verification process of the 43rd Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) examination has sparked significant debate. Sarjis Alam, General Secretary of the July Smriti Foundation, addressed the issue in a detailed Facebook post, raising critical concerns about...
44th BCS viva begins Jan 5
The viva voce for the 44th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) is scheduled to begin on January 5 next. According to a notification published on Tuesday night, the viva examinations for 1,890 candidates, who have provisionally passed the written test for both general and technical/professional cadres...
BCS officers hold one-hour work stoppage over reform proposals
Officers from 25 cadres of the Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) observed a one-hour work abstention today, demanding the withdrawal of certain proposed recommendations by the Public Administration Reform Commission. The officials refrained from work from 11:00am to 12:00pm in offices across the...
BCS viva mark reduced to 100
The marks for the Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) viva have been reduced to 100 from 200, reports UNB. This decision was taken on Wednesday at a meeting of the Administrative Development Committee, said Md. Mokhles Ur Rahman, Senior Secretary of the Ministry of Public Administration. He said:...
Application fee for all govt jobs set max Tk 200
The interim government has set an application fee of Tk 200 for all jobs, including Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS), in consideration of the crisis faced by job seekers. Md Mokhlesur Rahman, senior secretary Ministry of Public Administration, said a circular will be published in this regard...
BPSC proposes ministry to halve application fee for 47th BCS
The Bangladesh Public Service Commission (BPSC) has proposed halving the application fee for the BCS exam. On Monday, the proposal was sent to the Ministry of Public Administration. A ministry official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, confirmed the matter. The proposal suggests that...
Call for special recruitment body for police beyond BCS
A member of the police reform commission of the interim government has recommended establishing a dedicated body for the recruitment of police, outside the Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) examination framework. Police force reflects society. We need to see whether a separate commission for the...
BCS question leak: 2 employees of BG Press arrested
CID arrested two employees of BG Press for their alleged involvement in leaking questions of the Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) examination. The arrestees are Md Majnu Mia (59), a porter at BG Press, and Md Akram Hossain (47), a binder. They were brought to court on Wednesday in connection...
46th BCS preliminary exam results republished
The Public Service Commission (PSC) has republished the results of the 46th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) preliminary examination, with 21,397 candidates selected for the written examinations, reports UNB. In an announcement made on Wednesday, the PSC revealed that this new list includes...