The protesting job aspirants broke the police barricade and blocked Shahbagh Junction in the capital, demanding that the maximum age limit for entering government jobs be 35 years.
On Saturday (May 11), around 3:30 p.m.
they crossed the police barricade and blocked the Shahbag interchange. Earlier, around 3.30 p.m., Raju was stopped by the police when he was marching from Baskaria towards Gana Bhawan. visit our website:
At 1 p.m., the protesters started a rally under the “Coordinating Council of 35-Year-Old Aspirants” banner at the foot of the RAYU 1 picture. The police stopped the gathering’s movement towards Ganababan.
The job seekers broke through the police barricade and surrounded Shahbagh.
Speakers at the gathering said the age limit for applying for jobs in some 162 countries worldwide is at least 35, some of which are open. Among the South Asian countries, India is the most populous country globally. Still, the maximum age limit for applying for jobs in different countries is 45 years:
45 years in Maldives,
45 years in Sri Lanka, 35 years in Nepal, and 35 years in Afghanistan. Developed countries, including India, have done a lot of research and set the age limit for applying for a job at least 35 years per international standards. But we are only 30 years old. The age limit for applying for a job in China, the world’s second most populous economy,
number one and emerging superpower, is 40.
They said that due to COVID-19, no employment circular was issued, nor was an employment exam conducted for almost two and a half years. After the lockdown was lifted in Bangladesh, 10-15 or more Tests were performed on the same day at the same time every weekend. As a result, many job aspirants were deprived of the exam. Those 27-29 years old at the start of Covid-19 are now 30 or older.
As a result,
job seekers were given 27 and a half years instead of 30 years in the competition. We, the certificate holders, could not recover the loss.
The job seekers broke through the police barricade and surrounded Shahbagh.
Council Coordinator Shariful Islam Shubo said we want to permanently raise the age limit for applying for jobs. That is, according to international standards, 35 chai. We have been running the program continuously since August 30 last year. The age limit for applying for all types of jobs in the state, including government-private, semi-government, state institutions, and autonomous, should be 35 years.
Realizing this,
the Awami League’s 2018 election manifesto said that “reasonable steps will be taken in terms of reality, taking into account merit and skill to raise the age limit for entry into government posts. But it was not implemented.
