45th BCS: Written test may start from last week of January

The postponed written test of 45th BCS examinations might be held between 20 and 26 January.

Preferring not to be named, a senior official of Bangladesh Public Service Commission (BPSC) told Prothom Alo, “The written examination would be taken after the general election, tentatively at the end of January. It might be between 20 and 26 January.”

He said BPSC has taken preparation to take the written test by this time.

A BPSC press note on 24 November stated that the written test of 45th BCS scheduled to be held in all divisional cities including Dhaka from 27 November to 11 December has been postponed due to unavoidable reasons.

New date and time of the test will be published on the commission’s website in due time.

Earlier, the PSC had published the exam schedule fixing 27 November (Monday) as the date for the tests to be started.

However, a group of candidates had appealed to the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) demanding postponement of their exam, because of the ongoing hartal and blockade of opposition political parties following the announcement of the schedule of 12th parliamentary election.

A total of 268,119 applicants sat for the preliminary test held on 19 May. A total of 12,789 candidates passed the preliminary test.

A total of 2,309 cadres will be recruited through the 45th BCS. Meanwhile, 1,022 candidates will be recruited in the non-cadre posts.