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Recruitment tests of 8 state-run banks cancelled

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Published: 09:50, 16 January 2018   Update: 15:18, 26 July 2020
Recruitment tests of 8 state-run banks cancelled

Staff Correspondent: Amid protests staged by the candidates, Bankers’ Selection Committee (BSC) on Tuesday cancelled the recruitment tests for eight state-run banks which were held on January 12.

The decision was unanimously taken at an emergency meeting held at Bangladesh Bank conference room in Motijheel of Dhaka. The meeting was chaired by Bangladesh Bank Governor Fazle Kabir.

Bangladesh Bank General Manager GM Abul Kalam Azad briefed reporters after the meeting.

The BB spokesperson said, “Bankers’ Selection Committee has taken a decision to revoke the recruitment tests for eight state-run banks which were held on January 12. A committee has also been formed to investigate the incident. The committee has been asked to submit the probe report within two weeks.”

The procedure of next recruitment test will be decided upon, Abul Kalam Azad added.

The candidates have been protesting demanding cancellation of the “controversial” recruitment tests of January 12. They also demanded holding fresh exams for all the candidates.

Following the demonstrations, the Bankers' Selection Committee had earlier declared that the recruitment tests would be held on January 20 but only for the 5,600 candidates who could not take the exams at Government Bangla College and Hazrat Shah Ali Mohila College in Mirpur due to seat shortage and mismanagement. However, more than 2,13,000 who sat for the exams would not have to retake it.

The 100-mark MCQ test, held at 61 exam centres in Dhaka on January 12 to fill 1,663 posts in the government banks, was rife with mismanagement. There were no seating plans, a shortage of seats, use of mobile phones by the examinees, and question papers were leaked out before the exams.


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