The police on Saturday evening intercepted the Bangladesh Civil Service aspirants’ march towards the chief adviser’s residence Jamuna demanding that Professor Muhammad Yunus sign the ‘Non-Cadre Appointment (Special) (Amendment) Rules, 2025’ immediately.
The protesters who are the aspirants of all the on-going BCS non-cadre and cadre posts, including the 43rd, 44th ones, staged a sit-in and protest programme in front of the Bangladesh National Museum from the morning on the day to press home their two-point demand.
The main of their two-point demand is: the chief adviser must sign and approve the ‘Non-Cadre Appointment (Special) (Amendment) Rules, 2025’ after which it must be gazaetted and then speedy recommendations must be made for the positions requisitioned under the 43rd non-cadre BCS, while at the same time recommendations must be made for the highest number of non-cadre BCS posts from all the on-going BCS examinations.
On the day at one point of their protest, the demonstrators at about 5:00pm began marching towards Jamuna, intercepted by the police at Shahbagh crossing.
The police then chased and disperse the protesters.
Shahbagh police officer-in-charge Md Khalid Mansur told ¶¶Òõ¾«Æ· that they dispersed the protesters when they tried to march to Jamuna.
No injures was reported during the police interception, he added.
