Two BCS cadres dismissed again without show-cause notice after past Chhatra League links found

Staff Correspondent

Once again, government officials were fired without any notice to show any reason.

The Ministry of Finance has removed two trainee Assistant Accountant Generals of the 43rd batch of the BCS (Audit and Accounts) cadre from their jobs despite no complaints at work.

There have been allegations that they were fired for engaging in Chhatra League politics during their student life.

Their appointments were cancelled in a notification issued on Tuesday, November 18. The two dismissed officials are Assistant Accountant General Sohanur Rahman Sarkar and Kaiser Mahmud, both working at the Financial Management Academy (FIMA).

It is known that these two officials were involved with the Bangladesh Chhatra League during their university years.

Among them, Kaiser Mahmud served as the assistant secretary of Dhaka University’s Fazlul Haque Hall branch of the Chhatra League, while Sohanur Rahman was the vice-president of Salimullah Muslim Hall (SM) branch of the Chhatra League.

The notification said that they have been terminated from government service in accordance with Rule 6(2)(a) of the Bangladesh Civil Service Recruitment Rules, 1981.

According to that rule, if an officer is found ‘unfit to continue in government service’ during the apprenticeship period, his appointment can be cancelled without consulting the Public Service Commission.

However, the notification does not mention the reason for which they were considered ineligible.

Meanwhile, in a notification issued on Wednesday, November 19, the Ministry of Public Administration has removed three trainee assistant commissioners of the administration cadre undergoing basic training (43rd BCS) from government service.

The three are Kazi Arifur Rahman (Faridpur), Anup Kumar Biswas (Bogra) and Nabmita Sarkar (Pirojpur). They were working as assistant commissioners in their respective places and were also undergoing basic training at the Public Administration Training Center in Savar.