There are 3,58,125 vacant posts in various ministries, divisions and directorates of the government.
State Minister for Public Administration Farhad Hossain on Wednesday has said in response to a tabled question from ruling party MP, elected from Mymensingh, Kazim Uddin Ahmed at the parliament.
Farhad said that according to the latest published statistics of the civil officers and staff-2021 book (published in June, 2022) from the Ministry of Public Administration, there are 3,58,125 vacant posts in various ministries, directorates, departments and offices under the government.
Among them, 43,336 posts were of the first class, 40,561 were of the second class, 1,51,548 were of the third class and 1,22,680 were of the fourth class officers respectively.
Out of these, 1,929 have been appointed through the 40th BCS and 3,966 assistant surgeons have been appointed through the 42nd Special BCS (Health) cadre examinations.
He said that the 41st BCS oral exam is ongoing, the 43rd BSS written exam answer sheet evaluation is going on and the 44th written exam ended on January 11.
The minister has said that the probable date of the 45th BCS preliminary test is scheduled in the second week of March.
He said that the appointment to vacant posts in government offices is an ongoing process.
