The final results of 42nd Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) examination were published on Thursday. Altogether, 4,000 candidates were recommended for assistant surgeon’s post, said a press release of Bangladesh Public Service Commission (PSC). Read: 43rd BCS preli exam rescheduled for Oct 29 Meanwhile 1,919 candidates passed as non-cadre who were not recommended due to shortage of post. Details of the results are available at PSC website: www.bpsc.gov.bd. The results can be known through text messages by typing PSC42Registration Number and sending to 16222. Read: 41st BCS preliminary test results published To fill up the 2,000 vacant posts of assistant surgeon amid the crisis of Covid-19 situation the PSC published a circular on November 30, 2020. Later PSC added 2,000 more posts of assistant surgeons through another notice.

The High Court on Monday rejected a writ petition seeking appointment of doctors from among the successful candidates of 39th special Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) examination, saying it won’t intervene in this matter. During hearing of the writ the bench of Justice M Enayetur Rahim said it’s a matter of government’s policy and so the court won’t be intervening in the decision of how many doctors will be appointed from which BCS. Senior advocate Yousuf Hossain Humayun and advocate Md Moshiur Rahman presented the petitioners’ side at the court while Deputy Attorney General Bipul Bagmar presented the state side. Also read: Govt appoints 2,000 physicians from 39th BCS On July 29, a writ petition with the court seeking direction on appointing doctors from passed candidates of 39th BCS examination. Advocate Md Moshiur Rahman submitted the petition on behalf of Dr Rafa Md Nurul Islam and 1,360 other passed candidates in the 39th BCS examinations. Advocate Md Moshiur Rahman said, 13,219 candidates were recommended for appointment after passing the final examination of 39th special BCS which was held in 2018. Of them 4,562 were appointed in the health cadre in the first phase and the Public Service Commission (PSC) said others will be appointed later as non-cadre  later as no position was vacant that time. Last year, 2,000 more doctors were appointed from the recommended candidates as Covid-19 situation overwhelmed the health sector. Recently the government announced to appoint 4,000 new doctors in the health sector from the recommended candidates of 42nd special BCS. Also read: HC seeks govt decision on Covid jabs to pregnant women Following which the writ petition was filed seeking direction on appointing new doctors from the left out 6,500 passed candidates of the 39th BCS.