The Public Administration Reform Commission will recommend the government to remove the word 'Cadre' from civil service. Md Mokhles Ur Rahman, senior secretary of the Ministry of Public Administration, said this after a meeting of the commission at the secretariat on Sunday. He said that the word  'Cadre' is perceived negatively so that the commission will recommend its removal. Deputy Governor Nurun Nahar removed from 2 key departments He said among the reform proposals, the commission plans to recommend writing those services such as Civil Service (Administration), Civil Service (Health) and Civil Service (Agriculture) without using the term 'cadre'. He called this a significant reform that could ease the negative perceptions over civil service positions.    

The Bangladesh Public Service Commission (BPSC) Wednesday published the 45th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) circular, seeking applications for 2,309 cadre posts and 1,022 non-cadre posts. The application process will begin on December 10 at 10am, and end on December 31 at 6pm and the circular is available on the PSC website, according to Examination Controller Anand Kumar Biswas.  Read more: Govt publishes 40th BCS gazette appointing 1,929 candidates This is the first time that the candidates will be able to submit their preferences for non-cadre posts the same way as they do now for cadre posts. The details of the application process can be found on the PSC website and Teletalk website. Read more: 40th BCS final results published