Bangladesh Bank (BB) has asked the banks to give up to an additional 39 months for jobseekers to apply for the banking sector due to the disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic in the recruitment process.
It means the applicant, whose age was 30 years on 25 March, 2020 will be eligible for recruitment in the banking sector until 30 June, 2023.
The central bank issued a circular on Wednesday, stating that the banks, which did not hold the recruitment process due to the pandemic-induced shocks, to take necessary measures to count an applicant's age till 25 March, 2020 in the job advertisements till June 30, 2023.
Currently, the age limit for entry into government jobs is 30 years but it is 32 years in case of freedom fighters' children.
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