PUBLIC procurement is essential for governments to convert budget funds into public services and infrastructure. In Bangladesh, where public procurement constitutes a large share of government expenditure, inefficiency, politicisation, and institutional weakness often result in cost overruns, project delays, and corruption risks鈥攗ltimately eroding public trust and...
THE Bangladesh Civil Service examination, conducted by the Bangladesh Public Service Commission, stands as the most prestigious and competitive gateway to first-class cadre services in the republic. More than just a recruitment mechanism, it serves as a decisive institution in shaping the leadership, competence and ethos of the country鈥檚 public administration. The...
Bangladesh Public Service Commission plans to complete the Bangladesh Civil Service examination within a year by introducing a new evaluation system, but lack of administrative and financial autonomy may stand in their way.
THE Bangladesh Civil Service examination, often dubbed the 鈥榗ivilian lottery,鈥� has for decades been a defining gateway to public service. The three-stage test is known for its unforgiving rigour, shaping the destinies of thousands each year. Successful candidates secure coveted cadre positions, posts carrying prestige, authority and long-term security. For those who...
Engineering students on Sunday staged demonstrations again, pressing for reforms in the recruitment and promotion system of engineers in the public service sector...
The Criminal Investigation Department has arrested the ringleader of a gang involved in defrauding Bangladesh Public Service Commission non-cadre job seekers...
Bangladesh's interim government on Monday sent four deputy inspectors general of police on retirement from their jobs under the Public Service Act 2018...
Liberation war affairs ministry adviser Faruk-e-Azam on Monday said that there would be no quota in government jobs for those recognised as 鈥楯uly fighters鈥�, injured in the July uprising in 2024...
THE Bangladesh Public Service Commission has recently announced the recommended list for the 44th batch of Bangladesh Civil Service. This time, more than 2.7 lakh people applied for 1,710 positions across several cadres. Once notified, nearly 2,000...
Police on Friday afternoon dispersed a group of students and jobseekers who blocked the Shahbagh crossing in the capital demanding reforms in the Public Service Commission and measures against the masterminds of government job recruitment...
The advisory council of the interim government on Thursday approved amendments to the Government Service (Amendment) Ordinance 2025, replacing 鈥榙ismissal or termination鈥� as the maximum penalty for proven misconduct with 鈥榤andatory retirement鈥� for government employees...
Employees at the Bangladesh Secretariat will observe a two-hour work abstention on Monday demanding the repeal of the Public Service (Amendment) Ordinance, 2025...
The interim government on Thursday sent five secretaries into compulsory retirement in the public interest under Section 45 of the Public Service Act.
THE prolonged delay in resolving the crisis that has gripped the Dhaka South City Corporation and disrupted public services is unacceptable. While the government is largely responsible for the crisis with its differentiated response to court verdicts, Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader Ishraque Hossain, declared the DSCC mayor by a controversial Election Commission tribunal...
The government employees continued their protest at the Secretariat on Wednesday, demanding the immediate repeal of the recently promulgated government Service (Amendment) Ordinance 2025 that made the process of dismissal of public servants for misconduct less complicated...
Government employees at the Bangladesh Secretariat on Monday resumed their protest, demanding the immediate repeal of the recently promulgated government Service (Amendment) Ordinance, 2025 that made the process of dismissal of the public servants for misconduct less complicated...
The government employees at the secretariat continued their protests on Sunday, demanding the cancellation of newly promulgated Government Service (Amendment) Ordinance 2025 that allows dismissal of public servants for misconduct in an easier way...
The Bangladesh Public Service Commission has published the 48th Bangladesh Civil Service examination for the recruitment of 2,700 assistant surgeons and 300 assistant dental surgeons.
Bangladesh Secretariat employees who have been demanding the repeal of the Public Service (Amendment) Ordinance, 2025 suspended their Wednesday鈥檚 protest following a meeting with three secretaries.
Government employees continued their protests for the fourth straight day on Tuesday, demanding the repeal of the Public Service (Amendment) Ordinance-2025, bringing administrative activities at Bangladesh Secretariat to a halt as visitors were barred from entering.
Government employees continued demonstrating protests at the Secretariat on Monday, demanding the immediate repeal of the Public Service (Amendment) Ordinance, 2025...
The advisory council of the interim government on Thursday approved the draft of the 鈥楶ublic Service (Amendment) Ordinance, 2025鈥�, creating provisions for removing government employees from jobs for 鈥榠ndiscipline鈥�...
THE issue of public service job reservation that initiated the July uprising has remained unattended since the uprising finally toppled the Awami League government. The students who took to the streets in July 2024, demanding a rational reform in the quota system, and the authorities have somewhat accepted the reform that the Awami League government announced days...
A group of jobseekers on Thursday staged a protest march demanding immediate implementation of their eight-point charter of demands for Public Service Commission reform.
The government has decided to establish two separate Public Service Commissions, following discussions on delays and irregularities, according to Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyian, adviser to local government, rural development and co-operatives and youth and sports ministries...
A group of Jagannath University students on Sunday staged a demonstration on the campus demanding reform of the Bangladesh Public Service Commission...
The Bangladesh Public Service Commission on Sunday announced the dates for the written tests and viva voce under the ongoing 44th, 45th, 46th and 47th Bangladesh Civil Service examinations. It has also announced the dates for publishing the results of the exams already conducted...
A section of the 46th Bangladesh Civil Service examination written examinees in Dhaka on Thursday blocked a road between the Bangladesh Public Service Commission and the Election Commission for delaying the examination...
Public Service Commission (PSC) Chairman Mobasser Monem on Tuesday said the final results of the 44th BCS will be published by June 30.
A Dhaka court on Monday ordered to freeze 13 bank accounts of Syed Abed Ali, a former driver for the chairman of Public Service Commission, seize a car and attach two flats and a building on 8.88 bigha plot...
