The results of 44th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) preliminary test (MCQ type) were published on Wednesday. Altogether 15,708 candidates qualified for participating in the written examination, said a press release of Bangladesh Public Service Commission (PSC). Read:40th BCS final results published The results are available at PSC website: www.bpsc.gov.bd. The results can be known through text messages by typing PSC44Registration Number and sending to 16222. The preliminary test for the 44th BCS was held on May 27 this year.

The results of 41st Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) preliminary test (MCQ type) were published on Sunday. Altogether 21,056 candidates qualified for participating in the written examination, said a press release of Bangladesh Public Service Commission (PSC). Read: 43rd BCS preli exam rescheduled for Oct 29 Details of the results are available at PSC website: www.bpsc.gov.bd. The results can be known through text messages by typing PSC41Registration Number and sending to 16222. The preliminary test for 41st BCS was held on March 19 this year.

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Friday announced a 21-member preliminary squad for Sri Lanka Tests, including three new faces. The final squad for this two-match Test series will be announced once the preliminary team arrives in Sri Lanka and plays an intra-squad practice game starting on April 17. The series will begin on April 21 with the first Test, and the second and final Test will start on April 29. Both the matches will be played at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy. BCB included uncapped pace-bowlers Shohidul Islam, Shoriful Islam and Mukidul Islam Mugdho for this series while Shuvagata made a surprise comeback in the Test set-up after a four-year gap. Also read: Bangladesh Emerging Women seal series against South Africa Due to the Covid-19 situation, Bangladesh will have to play a practice match themselves. And this is why, BCB announced a 21-member squad for now, and the whole team will travel to Sri Lanka. “We’ve decided to take the preliminary squad to Sri Lanka as it would help us in our preparation and also give exposure to a number of players who are in our thinking for the longer version going forward,” chief selector Minhajul Abedin said in a statement.  “They (pace-bowlers) have been in our HP set-up and have impressed in whatever version they have played in. Mukidul and Shohidul in particular, have caught the eye in domestic First-class this season and are future Test prospects. They all have age on their side and are talented,” he added.  In the two rounds of the National Cricket League (NCL), which is currently on hold due to Covid-19 surge, Mukidul bagged 13 wickets with two five-wicket hauls while Shohidul took six wickets. Shoriful missed the NCL’s first two rounds as he was in New Zealand with the national team. Also read: Tigers return home after disastrous New Zealand tour  “Shuvagata is coming back after a while but he has been a consistent performer in First-class cricket. We’ve considered him as a batting all-rounder but his off-break bowling is pretty handy also and gives us an option in the spin department,” he said about the inclusion of Shuvagata. In the NCL, Shuvagata bagged seven wickets and scored 163 runs with a century.  Wicketkeeper-batsman Nurul Hasan Sohan also made a comeback in the Bangladesh Test set-up. He played his last Test in 2018 during Bangladesh’s West Indies tour.  21-member preliminary Test teamMominul Haque, Litton Das, Mohammad Mithun, Mushfiqur Rahim, Tamim Iqbal, Shadman Islam, Abu Jayed Rahi, Taijul Islam, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Mehidy Hassan Miraz, Nayeem Hasan, Taskin Ahmed, Ebadot Hossain, Saif Hassan, Yasir Ali, Shoriful Islam, Khaled Ahmed, Mukidul Islam Mugdho, Shuvagata Hom, Shohidul Islam and Nurul Hasan Sohan.