UNB, Dhaka :The preliminary test of the 35th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) examinations under the Public Service Commission (PSC) will now be held on March 6 instead of February 6.The MCQ type test has been rescheduled due to unavoidable reasons, said a PSC press release on Tuesday.It said, the examination will be held from 9:30am simultaneously in Dhaka, Chittagong, Rajshahi, Khunla, Barisal, Sylhet and Rangpur.The seat plans and necessary directives about the test will be informed in right time through newspapers and the PSC website, said the release.A total of 244,107 applicants are expected to appear in the test this year which is the highest in BCS exam history.This year the BCS preliminary examination will be of 200 marks instead of 100 while the duration will be two hours against the one hour in the past.Through the 35th BCS exams, the PSC will recruit candidates against 455 posts in general cadre, 484 posts in technical cadre, 829 in education cadre and 35 posts in general education.
