Staff Reporter :
The Ministry of Public Administration has announced that the gazette notification for the 43rd Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) recruitment is expected to be issued soon.
All preparations for this announcement have reportedly been completed.
Rahima Akhtar, joint secretary of the Recruitment, Promotion, and Transfer (APD) Subdivision, told the media: “The recruitment notification for the 43rd BCS will be issued very soon. We have finished our work and hope to release it within this week. We understand the eagerness and anxiety of the candidates.”
The appointments come nearly 10 months after the Public Service Commission (PSC) made its recommendations, with the entire recruitment process taking about four years to finalize.
On December 26, 2022, the PSC published the results for the 43rd BCS, recommending 2,805 candidates for appointment—2,163 for cadre positions and 642 for non-cadre positions.
The written examination for this BCS cycle began in July 2022, with results announced on August 20. A total of 9,841 candidates passed and participated in the oral examinations.
The preliminary examination results were released on January 20, 2022, revealing that 15,229 candidates had initially passed.
The preliminary exam took place on October 29, 2021, with 442,832 applicants, making it the second highest in BCS history.
The PSC issued a notification on November 30, 2020, to fill 2,218 vacant posts in the 43rd general BCS, with the application process commencing on December 30 of that year.