Bangladesh Public Service Commission has issued a
circular for the 35th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) examination for 1803
vacant posts.
Registration for the exam, which would be held under the
new rule, will begin on September 30 and continue till October 30, according to
the circular issued today.
Job aspirants aged between 21 and 30 on September 1, 2014
will be eligible for the registration.
Earlier on Sunday, the public administration ministry
issued a gazette notification to this end following amendment to the Bangladesh
Civil Service (Age, Qualification and Examination for Direct Recruitment)
Rules, 1982.
According to the new rule, the preliminary examination
will be of 200 marks while the duration will be two hours instead of the
hour-long 100-mark test.
A candidate with less than 30 percent marks in the
written examination will be considered to have got no number against the
existing rule of 25 percent.
The pass mark under the new system would be 50 percent of
the 200-mark viva voce. It was 40 percent earlier.
The examination fee has also been increased to Tk 700
from Tk 500.
