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Over 4 lakh apply for 43rd BCS so far


Published : 04 May 2021 10:12 PM | Updated : 04 Nov 2021 10:03 PM

A total of 4 lakh 8 thousand 462 job seekers have already applied for the 43rd BCS till Monday (April 3). More applications may be submitted as the application deadline is June 30, which is almost two months away.

According to the Bangladesh Public Service Commission (PSC) sources, the number of applicants is escalating as those who could not apply earlier for eligibility have also got the opportunity due to the extension of deadline. 

PSC extended the application time for the 43rd BCS in three phases as most of the universities had not finished taking their final examinations. 

Due to Coronavirus pandemic, all educational institutions in the country have been closed since March 17 last year. 

In this situation, it was not possible to take the final (semester) examinations of the undergraduate and postgraduate level students of the universities at the scheduled time. Many students could not apply for the 43rd BCS when the application deadline expired on the pre-determined date.

In this context, UGC had sent a letter requesting PSC to extend the deadline for application for the 43rd BCS examination after their meeting with authorities concerned on December last year.

The deadline for the 43rd BCS application was extended from January 31 to March 31. Later it was extended once again till the last day of June.

Meanwhile, a few sources of PSC have mentioned that the scheduled date of the 43rd BCS preliminary examination will be postponed further. The date of preliminary examination of this BCS was fixed on 15th October. 'Bijaya Dashami' of Hindu religion is to be observed on October 15. So the test may be held a week later. However, official announcement is yet to come.

A member of the PSC recently said, "No one noticed the day, 'Bijaya Dashmi', while fixing the date. The date will be rescheduled after the meeting of the commission."

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It has been said in the notification of 43rd BCS, some 1,814 officers will be recruited in different cadres in this BCS. Of these, 300 will be appointed in administration cadre, 100 in police cadre, 25 in foreign cadre, 843 in education cadre, 35 in audit, 22 in information, 19 in tax, 14 in customs and 19 in cooperatives.