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Published : 13 May 2026, 02:56 PM
A decade and a half since examinees sat for the 27th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) examinations, the government has issued a notice appointing 96 more of them.
The notification was issued by the Ministry of Public Administration on Wednesday.
In the first phase, 96 candidates will be appointed to entry-level positions of various cadres of the Bangladesh Civil Service as recommended by the Bangladesh Public Service Commission's letter dated Nov 5.
On Dec 18 last year, a notification was issued appointing 673 candidates of the BCS to various cadres of the Bangladesh Civil Service.
On Feb 20 last year, the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court decided to appoint 1,137 people who were excluded after the results of the 27th BCS oral examination were scrapped.
Under the BNP-led Four-Party Alliance government, 3,567 people passed the 27th BCS oral examination. In 2007, the caretaker government scrapped the results of the viva on charges of irregularities and corruption.
In July of that year, a second oral examination was conducted. The results of the second oral examination were published in September, 2008 and 3,229 candidates who passed it were appointed to jobs.
Candidates who passed the first viva exam then filed a writ petition challenging the validity of the cancellation of the results. However, on Jul 3, 2008, the High Court declared the decision to cancel the results valid. Then, 25 of the writ petitioners filed a leave to appeal in the Appellate Division against that verdict.
Meanwhile, after another other writ petition filed by 205 petitioners, another bench of the High Court declared the second oral examination invalid on Nov 11, 2009. The government filed three leaves to appeal against the decision.
On Jul 11, 2010, a full bench of six judges of the Appellate Division, headed by the then chief justice Mohammad Fazlul Karim, upheld the High Court's verdict declaring the cancellation of the first oral examination valid.
At the same time, the government's leave to appeal against the High Court's verdict declaring the second oral examination invalid was disposed of with some observations.
In 2024, 140 people filed separate applications on behalf of a larger group of 1,137 candidates seeking a review of that verdict. After hearing the applications on Nov 7, the Appellate Division allowed them to appeal.
Three appeals were eventually heard in the Supreme Court, and a verdict was declared on Feb 20 in the petitioners’ favour.
The notice issued regarding the appointment of 96 candidates stated that the appointees will have to undergo basic training at the Bangladesh Public Administration Training Centre or a government-designated training institution. They will have to work as apprentices for at least two years, with the government extending this apprenticeship period by up to two more years if necessary.
If a candidate is considered unfit to continue in the job during the apprenticeship, they can be removed from the job without showing any reason and without consulting the Bangladesh Public Service Commission. After the training, if they pass the departmental examination and complete the apprenticeship period satisfactorily, their positions will be made permanent.
It has also been stated, as a condition, that in order to maintain the seniority of the recruits in the recruitment process, the recruitment order will be effective from the date on which the first recruitment notice was issued, geographically. Their notional seniority will be maintained from the date of joining the first recruitment notice of their batch. However, they will not get any outstanding financial benefits as a result.
