Govt-formed body recommends raising job entry age limit
Staff Correspondent
A committee on determining the maximum permissible age for joining public services has submitted its report to the government recommending increasing the age limit of entry into government jobs, said sources.
However, it could not be known exactly what age limit the committee has recommended.
On 30 September, the government formed a committee to make recommendations on fixing the reasonable age for entry into government services, with former caretaker government adviser Abdul Muyeed Chowdhury as its convener. The committee was asked to submit its report within seven working days.
The committee has submitted their recommendations to the government, said an official of the Ministry of Public Administration. However, he could not say anything about what the committee recommended in their report.
On 2 October, Muyeed Chowdhury said there is justification for the demand to increase the maximum age limit for entering into government services. So, the committee would review the overall situation and make recommendations to the government in this regard. He cited the COVID pandemic and session jam as justifications for raising the age limit for public services.
During the Awami League government, job aspirants protested several times to raise the age of entry into government jobs, but that regime did not take any action in this regard.
After the ouster of the fascist Awami League government on 5 August, the Bangladesh Administrative Service Association Secretary General Muhammad Mahbubur Rahman wrote a letter to the cabinet secretary on behalf of the organisation to raise the age of entry into government services to 35 years and the retirement age to 65 years.
The Cabinet Division sent the letter to the public administration secretary requesting actions in this respect. After that, the job aspirants also started the movement again with the demand of increasing the age limit for entry into government jobs.
At present, people aged maximum 30 can enter into government services. Government employees retire at the age of 59. Children of Freedom Fighters can join government services till the age of 32, and retire at the age of 60.
