Civil Service System and Personnel Management of Bangladesh
Civil Service System and Personnel Management of Bangladesh

Summary/Abstract: This paper deals with the birth and evolution of the civil service system of Bangladesh by segmentizing the entire period of Bangladesh’s civil service into three epochs, i.e., The British-Indian Era (1601-1947), The East Pakistan Era (1947-1971), and The Bangladesh Era (1971-Present). The outline of the present Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) system is also illustrated in this paper. There are 26 cadres in BCS under general and technical/professional cadres. The recruitment system is split into three segments; preliminary MCQ, written, and viva voce, except the special BCS, irregularly arranged in some years. This paper also demonstrates the marks distribution and overall recruitment system of BCS. This paper mentions the overall distribution of liabilities between the Bangladesh Civil Service Commission (BPSC), a quasi-judicial constitutional organization, and the Ministry of Public Administration (MoPA) from recruitment to management. This paper also discusses the organogram of the ministries and the significant changes in the administration system of Bangladesh. Above all, the Bangladesh government faces some critical challenges in personnel management, which are focused on in this paper, and possible remedies are also proposed. One of the goals of this review article is to provide material for academics outside Bangladesh (like those in Ukraine), so they may learn about, examine, and analyze Bangladesh’s civil service system and personnel management, and then compare it to their own.

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