The cabinet has accepted recommendations for abolishing quotas for class I and II government jobs.
The decision was taken at its meeting chaired by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the Secretariat on Wednesday, reports bdnews24.
On July 2, the government formed the committee led by the cabinet secretary in the wake of months-long quota reform demonstrations that saw arrests of the movement's leaders and attacks on students.
According to BSS, the committee submitted its report to the government on September 17 suggesting abolition of the existing quota system in recruiting first and second class officers in government services.
From now on, all recruitment from Grade-9 to Grade-13 will be completely based on merit, said Cabinet Secretary Md. Shafiul Alam while briefing reporters at Bangladesh Secretariat on the decisions of the cabinet.
However, he said, the government may review the status of representation of the ethnic minority people in the government service and take decisions to ascertain quota for them .