The Public Service Commission (PSC) yesterday decided to postpone the 46th BCS written examinations following discussions with protesting jobseekers.

Md Zahirul Islam Bhuiyan, a PSC member, announced in front of the protesters that the scheduled date for the 46th Bangladesh Civil Service written exam (May 8) would be postponed.

Since Thursday, the protesting jobseekers had been staging a hunger strike, which they withdrew following the announcement.

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Earlier, with the mediation of LGRD Adviser Asif Mahmud, a discussion was held between the protesting jobseekers and a group of PSC members at the Dhaka University Journalists' Association (DUJA) office.

After the discussion, Asif Mahmud, along with the PSC members, went to the Raju Memorial Sculpture on the university campus, where the protesters had been holding their hunger strike.

Speaking to the demonstrators, Asif Mahmud said a committee comprising high-level government officials, including Energy Adviser Muhammad Fouzul Kabir Khan, had been formed to work on reforms to the PSC.

He further said representatives of the protesting jobseekers would sit with the energy adviser and PSC members to discuss and work towards sustainable reforms of the commission.