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39th special BCS seat plan published

Bangladesh Public Service Commission (BPSC)  yesterday published the seat plan of the 39th Special Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) examination. The seat plan is available on the BPSC website www.bpsc.gov.bd. BPSC on April 8 published a circular for the examination seeking applications against 4792 posts of physicians. According to the circular, the MCQ examination of 200 marks is scheduled to be held on next Friday, from 3 pm to 5 pm at 25 centers in the city. In the MCQ examination, apart from answering 100 marks' question of Bangla, English, Bangladesh, and International Affairs, Mental Ability and Mathematical Reasoning, the candidates have to answer 100 marks' question on medical science or dental science, said the circular. The application process for the 39th special BCS started on April 10 and ended on April 30. The candidates, who will be qualified in the MCQ examination, have to take part in a 100 marks viva later.

2 killed in Gazipur road crash

At least two people were killed and six others injured in a head-on collision between a pickup van and a truck on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway at Ansar More area in Gazipur early yesterday. One of the deceased was identified as Tarajul Islam of Pirganj upazila. Delwar Hossain, officer-in-charge of Maona Highway Police, said a Dhaka bound truck collided head-on with the pickup, leaving two passengers of the pickup van injured. Locals took them to Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmad Medical College Hospital where the duty doctor declared them dead. The other injured were referred to Dhaka Medical College Hospital for better treatment, the OC added.

1 held with yaba in Chattogram   

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested a suspected drug trader and recovered 36,000 yaba tablets from an oil tanker in Bottoli area in port city Chattogram on Saturday night. The arrestee was identified as Ismail, 30. Being informed that yaba tablets were being smuggled concealing in an oil tanker of Meghna Petroleum, a team of RAB conducted drive and arrested the suspected drug trader around 8:30 pm, said Assistant Superintendent of Police Mimtanur Rahman, also the assistant director of RAB-7. Later, the team recovered the Yaba tablets from the oil tanker. They also seized the tanker, he added.

RMG workers’ demo tomorrow

Readymade garment (RMG) workers will observe a two-hour hunger strike in front of the office of the minimum wage board for the RMG sector on July 31 to press home their demand for fixing Tk 16,000 as minimum wage. The decision was taken at a meeting of several organisations of RMG workers held in the capital on Friday. As per the decision, the garment workers will start the hunger strike at 11 am in front of the wage board office at Topkhana Road. The meeting rejected the minimum wage proposed by the representatives of owners and workers at a meeting of the wage board. Workers’ leaders warned that dillydallying over fixing wage will invite dire consequences.

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39th special BCS seat plan published Bangladesh Public Service Commission (BPSC) yesterday published the seat plan of the 39th Special Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) examination. The seat plan is available on the BPSC website www.bpsc.gov.bd. BPSC on April 8 published a circular for the examination seeking applications against 4792 posts of physicians. According to the circular, the MCQ examination of 200 marks is scheduled to be held on next Friday, from 3 pm to 5 pm at 25 centers in the city. In the MCQ examination, apart from answering 100 marks question of Bangla, English, Bangladesh, and International Affairs, Mental Ability and Mathematical Reasoning, the candidates have to answer 100 marks question on medical science or dental science, said the circular. The application process for the 39th special BCS started on April 10 and ended on April 30. The candidates, who will be qualified in the MCQ examination, have to take part in a 100 marks viva later. 2 killed in Gazipur road crash At least two people were killed and six others injured in a head-on collision between a pickup van and a truck on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway at Ansar More area in Gazipur early yesterday. One of the deceased was identified as Tarajul Islam of Pirganj upazila. Delwar Hossain, officer-in-charge of Maona Highway Police, said a Dhaka bound truck collided head-on with the pickup, leaving two passengers of the pickup van injured. Locals took them to Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmad Medical College Hospital where the duty doctor declared them dead. The other injured were referred to Dhaka Medical College Hospital for better treatment, the OC added. 1 held with yaba in Chattogram Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested a suspected drug trader and recovered 36,000 yaba tablets from an oil tanker in Bottoli area in port city Chattogram on Saturday night. The arrestee was identified as Ismail, 30. Being informed that yaba tablets were being smuggled concealing in an oil tanker of Meghna Petroleum, a team of RAB conducted drive and arrested the suspected drug trader around 8:30 pm, said Assistant Superintendent of Police Mimtanur Rahman, also the assistant director of RAB-7. Later, the team recovered the Yaba tablets from the oil tanker. They also seized the tanker, he added. RMG workers demo tomorrow Readymade garment (RMG) workers will observe a two-hour hunger strike in front of the office of the minimum wage board for the RMG sector on July 31 to press home their demand for fixing Tk 16,000 as minimum wage. The decision was taken at a meeting of several organisations of RMG workers held in the capital on Friday. As per the decision, the garment workers will start the hunger strike at 11 am in front of the wage board office at Topkhana Road. The meeting rejected the minimum wage proposed by the representatives of owners and workers at a meeting of the wage board. Workers leaders warned that dillydallying over fixing wage will invite dire consequences. Independent/agency