34th BCS non-cadre candidates stage demo in Dhaka, 5 held
Candidates, who passed 34th BCS test for non-cadre posts, stage a demonstration at Shahbagh intersection in Dhaka demanding filling up the 672 vacant posts on February 27, 2016. File photo/Collected
Candidates, who passed the 34th BCS test for non-cadre posts, stage a demonstration at Shahbagh intersection in Dhaka demanding filling up the 672 vacant posts.
The candidates, who passed the 34th BCS test for non-cadre posts, today staged a demonstration at Shahbagh intersection in Dhaka demanding filling up the 672 vacant posts.
Sources said the agitators under the banner of the 34th BCS Passed Non-Cadre Forum staged a sit-in around 11:00am and put a barricade on the intersection around 11:10am, halting vehicular movement in the area.
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The law enforcers also arrested five agitators from the spot, said Abu Bakar Siddik, officer-in-charge of Shahbagh Police Station.