Police dispersed a group of students and job seekers who tried to march from Shahbagh to the Secretariat against the government’s decision to raise the age limit for government jobs from 30 to 32.
Protesters staged a dharna in front of the National Museum in Shah Bagh in the morning and raised placards and raised various slogans.
At one stage they tried to march towards the Secretariat.
When they approached Shikha Bhan, a police team sprayed them with water from a water cannon and lathi-charged them to disperse them.
On 24 October, the interim government raised the age limit for public service to 32 amid protests by job seekers to raise the maximum age to 35.
The Council of Advisors took this decision in its 10th meeting under the chairmanship of Chief Advisor Prof. Muhammad Younis.
According to the decision, the maximum age limit for recruitment in all cadres and all other government jobs under Bangladesh Civil Service will be 32 years and the candidate will be allowed to appear for BCS examination, times
The new age limit will be applied in autonomous and semi-autonomous institutions with necessary adaptations.
Job seekers have been demanding to raise the entry age for government jobs for the past several years. After the end of the Hasina government, the job aspirants started house-to-house demonstrations to suppress the same demand.