Over 350,000 posts fall vacant in govt offices

State minister for public administration ministry, Forhad Hossain, said a total of 358,125 posts fall vacant at different ministries, divisions, departments, directorates and offices of the government as per the 'Statistics of Civil Officers and Staffs-2021'.

The state minister made the disclosure while responding to a question of lawmaker Kazim Uddin Ahamed in the parliament on Wednesday at the question-answer session, presided over by speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury.

Of the total vacant posts, 43,336 posts are class one, 40,561 class two, 151,538 class three and 122,680 are class four.

The state minister said some 1,929 people have been recruited through the 40th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) examination and 3,988 assistant surgeons through the 42nd BCS.

The assessment of the 43rd BCS written test is going on while the written examination of 44th BCS ended on 11 January. The preliminary test of 45th BCS is likely to be held in the second week of March.