43rd BCS preliminary test results to be published next week

The results of the 43rd BCS (Bangladesh Civil Service) preliminary examination will be published next week, several sources of Bangladesh Public Services Commission (BPSC) said.

The chairman of BPSC Shorab Hossain said, “We are working sincerely to publish the results of the 43rd BCS preliminary test. Efforts are on to publish the results within the shortest possible time.”

On 30 November 2020, the BPSC issued a circular of the 43rd BCS exams seeking application against 1,814 posts in various cadres. These include 300 in administration cadre, 100 in police, 25 in foreign service, 843 in education, 35 in audit, 22 in information, 19 in tax, 14 in customs, and 19 in cooperatives cadre.

Application deadline was extended for three times as examinations of honours final years were pending at various universities amid the coronavirus pandemic. As many as 435,190 candidates applied for the 43rd BCS.

The preliminary test of the 43rd BCS was held in Dhaka, Chattogram, Rajshahi, Khulna, Barisal, Sylhet, Rangpur and Mymensingh centres simultaneously on 29 October 2021.