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Public recruitment & administration

BCS, viva voce, recruitment rules and public administration.

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2026-09-16OpinionGovernance & public institutions

Higher viva marks may undermine fairness in public recruitment

Last July, BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed said his party wanted the viva marks of the Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) examination reduced to 50 from 200 to limit scope for discrimination in Bangladesh Public Service Commission (BPSC) recruitment.

2026-02-11ReportingEducation

Limit SSC exams to 5 core subjects

A government consultation committee has recommended limiting SSC exams to five core subjects -- Bangla, English, mathematics, science, and social science -- while keeping PSC and JSC exams in classes 5 and 8 scrapped.

2025-02-07ReportingGovernance & public institutions

Renaming education cadre proposed

The Public Administration Reform Commission has proposed the creation of a separate body for recruitment tests to appoint education cadre officers.