Bangladesh Appoints 1,702 in 45th BCS Gazette, Leaving Out 105 Recommended Candidates

Nearly four years after applications opened, appointments arrive

Bangladesh's Ministry of Public Administration issued the appointment gazette for the 45th Bangladesh Civil Service examination late on October 14, 2026, naming 1,702 recruits and directing them to report to their designated offices on the morning of November 1. The appointments come almost four years after the recruitment notice was published on November 30, 2022.

The Public Service Commission (PSC) had recommended 1,807 candidates for cadre posts. The gazette therefore includes 105 fewer people, a gap of about 5.8 percent of those recommended. The ministry's notification gives no reason for leaving those candidates out.

For the candidates named in the gazette, the announcement ends a wait of more than 10 months after the final examination results. It also sets immediate obligations: joining on time, completing training, declaring assets and serving a probationary period before their employment can be confirmed.

The recruits will enter Grade 9 under the National Pay Scale 2026, with a basic salary scale of Tk 44,000 to Tk 105,900. Among the appointments are 266 officers in administration, 71 in police and nine in foreign affairs.

The gazette is the government's formal appointment notification. A PSC recommendation follows the examination and selection process; the ministry's appointment notification then sets out who may join government service and under what conditions. For candidates who had passed the selection process but were still waiting to start work, that final administrative step carried practical consequences for employment and career planning.

November 1 is a firm reporting deadline

The ministry has instructed recruits to join the offices designated by the ministry or division responsible for their cadre. A cadre is a particular branch of the civil service, such as administration, police or foreign affairs, with its own duties and controlling authority.

The detailed joining instruction requires recruits to report on the morning of November 1, unless they receive other instructions. Anyone who fails to report will be treated as unwilling to join, and their appointment will be cancelled.

The deadline makes the gazette more than a list of successful candidates. It gives appointees a specific action to complete before they begin service. The office where each recruit must report is to be determined by the relevant ministry or division.

The notification cites a PSC recommendation letter dated December 14, 2025, as the basis for the appointments. That letter is a separate dated step from the publication of the final examination results in November 2025.

105 recommended candidates are missing from the list

The PSC's recommendation covered 1,807 candidates, while the appointment gazette names 1,702. About 94.2 percent of the recommended candidates have therefore received appointments through this notification.

The unexplained gap leaves 105 people outside the newly appointed group. No timetable for a decision on their cases has been announced. For those candidates, the publication of the gazette has not brought the same resolution it has for the people named.

The difference also shows why the recommendation stage and the appointment stage matter separately to applicants. Passing through the PSC's selection process led to a recommendation for employment; entry into service now depends on inclusion in the government notification and compliance with its joining conditions.

The 105 omissions are distinct from the much larger reduction in candidate numbers during the examinations. Those earlier reductions occurred as applicants progressed through preliminary, written and oral assessment. These 105 candidates had already reached the final recommendation list.

How the examination stretched across several years

The 45th BCS recruitment began with the November 30, 2022, notice. The preliminary examination followed on May 19, 2023, and the written examination took place from January 23 to 31, 2024. Oral examinations began on July 8, 2025, and were conducted in stages.

The final result is dated November 26, 2025, in the main chronology; November 27 is also given as the publication date. The following timeline uses November 26 and keeps the later PSC recommendation letter separate.

• November 30, 2022: The recruitment notice was published.
• May 19, 2023: Candidates sat the preliminary examination.
• January 23 to 31, 2024: The written examination was held.
• July 8, 2025: Oral examinations began.
• November 26, 2025: The final results listed 1,807 candidates for cadre appointments.
• December 14, 2025: The PSC recommendation letter cited in the appointment notification was dated.
• October 14, 2026: The ministry issued the gazette appointing 1,702 candidates.
• November 1, 2026: Appointees must report for duty in the morning, unless otherwise instructed.

Nearly three years passed between the recruitment notice and the final examination result. The appointment notification then took almost another 11 months. The lengthy process therefore had two substantial parts: the time needed to complete selection and the further wait for appointments after selection.

The examination retains its 2022 designation even though the appointments were issued in 2026. For readers following different BCS batches, the year in the examination name identifies the recruitment cycle rather than the year its successful candidates necessarily begin work.

A large field narrowed at each stage

About 346,000 people applied for the 45th BCS preliminary examination. Of them, 268,119 attended, and 12,789 passed. That means about 4.8 percent of those who took the preliminary test advanced to the next stage.

The written examination produced 6,558 successful candidates, about 51.3 percent of the number who had passed the preliminary stage. Oral assessment followed before the PSC recommended 1,807 people for cadre posts.

The 1,702 appointments amount to roughly 0.6 percent of the 268,119 people who sat the preliminary examination. Put simply, about six appointments were made for every 1,000 people who took that first test.

The figures describe a highly selective process with a large applicant pool. They also explain the investment of time involved for candidates who reached the final stages: the recruitment cycle ran across multiple examination dates and calendar years before the government issued appointments.

Where recruits will serve and what they will earn

The administration cadre accounts for 266 appointments, or about 15.6 percent of the total. Police has 71 appointments, about 4.2 percent, while foreign affairs has nine, about 0.5 percent.

Together, those three cadres account for 346 recruits. The remaining 1,356 appointments are in other cadres. The administration, police and foreign affairs figures therefore cover only part of the recruitment list.

All the newly appointed officers will enter Grade 9 under the National Pay Scale 2026. A pay grade places an employee within a defined salary band. The notification lists that basic salary band as Tk 44,000 to Tk 105,900.

The lower figure is the starting point of the stated scale, while the higher figure is its upper limit. Progression within the scale is separate from the appointment itself. Basic salary is also the core salary component, rather than a calculation of every payment an employee might receive.

Appointment comes with probation, training and asset declarations

The recruits will serve a probationary period of two years. The notification allows that period to be extended by up to two more years, meaning probation can last as long as four years.

Probation is a period during which a new employee's suitability for the role is assessed before service is confirmed. For the 45th BCS appointees, joining on November 1 begins that employment stage after the examination and appointment stages.

The gazette also requires foundation training and specialised training. Foundation training covers preparation for government service, while specialised training relates to the work of the particular cadre.

Appointees must submit declarations of assets owned by themselves and their family members. An asset declaration records property and other holdings, making it a separate administrative requirement alongside attendance, training and probation.

The conditions mean that receiving an appointment is followed by several concrete responsibilities. Recruits must first report as instructed, then complete the training and disclosure requirements while serving under probation.

Other BCS batches show a recurring wait

The 45th BCS delay follows lengthy gaps between final results and appointment notifications in several earlier recruitment cycles. The 40th BCS took 216 days from final results to its appointment gazette. For the 41st BCS, results were published in August 2023 and the gazette followed in March 2024, after 231 days.

The 43rd BCS final recommendation came in December 2023, while the first gazette appeared in October 2024, after about 294 days. The 44th BCS moved more quickly between those stages: final results were published in November 2025, followed by appointment letters in February 2026.

The special 48th BCS examination for doctors had a wait of about 133 days between final results and the gazette. The appointment gazette for the special 49th BCS examination for teachers was published on September 30, 2026.

The waiting period for the 45th BCS exceeded 10 months, longer than the cited intervals for the 40th, 41st and special 48th examinations. The comparisons show that the period after final selection has varied substantially between batches.

The delay has had immediate consequences for applicants. Some recommended 45th BCS candidates remained unemployed while waiting for the gazette, while others expressed concern about the effect on their careers. For them, the months between recommendation and appointment were months without a confirmed start in the service they had spent years seeking to enter.

Candidates from later batches are also waiting. The 46th BCS final results, published in February 2026, provisionally recommended 1,457 people, with a reported wait of 235 days for the appointment gazette. The 47th BCS results were published on June 28, 2026, recommending 1,320 candidates for cadre posts and 201 for positions outside the cadres. Its gazette had also yet to be issued when the 45th appointments were announced.

The November 1 reporting deadline now gives the 1,702 appointed candidates a clear next date. The 105 omitted candidates and those awaiting gazettes from later batches still lack that same certainty.

Key Points

• The Ministry of Public Administration appointed 1,702 candidates through the 45th BCS gazette issued on October 14, 2026.
• The PSC recommended 1,807 candidates. The gazette leaves out 105 without explaining why.
• Recruits must report on the morning of November 1 unless otherwise instructed, or their appointments will be cancelled.
• Appointments include 266 administration officers, 71 police officers and nine foreign affairs officers.
• Recruits enter Grade 9 under the National Pay Scale 2026, with a basic salary scale of Tk 44,000 to Tk 105,900.
• Conditions include two years of probation, potentially extended by two years, training and declarations of personal and family assets.
• The recruitment process began in November 2022 and reached the appointment stage almost four years later.
• Candidates from the 46th and 47th BCS batches are still waiting for appointment gazettes.