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Staff Reporter

Bangladesh Public Service Commission (PSC) would issue duplicate admit cards to the missed-out applicants of the 28th batch of Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) said BPSC Chairman Dr Dr Sa'dat Husain at a press conference in the city yesterday.

The examinees who have not received admit cards because they had failed to enclose all required documents and papers along with their applications have been asked to collect their admit cards prior to the Friday exams.

They have to be given admit card considering only minor errors of the application and on condition that they have to submit the requisite documents with the PSC within December 15.

A total of 1,15,163 applicants were considered as qualified for the 28th BCS preliminary test among 1,20,946 applicants against 1720 posts and 5783 applications were rejected due to different reasons of their applications, said the PSC chairman.

He also said the preliminary test will be held in Dhaka, Chittagong, Rajshahi, Khulna, Barisal and Sylhet centres simultaneously on November 28 at 10:00.

Before half an hour of the beginning of preliminary test, the question paper would be selected by lottery for the particular examination centre from the earlier prepared sets of question papers at BPATC office and informed to the centre by fax and phone, underlined Dr Sa'dat Husain.

Out of the six PSC centres, the test will be held at 75 examination halls in Dhaka, six in Chittagong, 13 in Rajshahi, five in Khulna, two in Barisal and two examination halls in Sylhet.

The PSC chairman said all preparations for holding the 28th BCS examinations have been completed.

To check the leakage of the question papers, a set of question sheets have been prepared for the first time. Just before starting the test, all the BCS centres in the six divisional headquarters will be informed about the question paper that will be distributed among the examinees, he said.

The answer sheets of the preliminary test would be checked through the computers, he said.

All members of the PSC, except Ehsan Shamim, entrusted with the 28th BCS examinations were present.