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Students demand raise of age limit for govt jobs in Bangladesh

The present maximum age limit for applying for government jobs is 30 for all citizens except children of the freedom fighters. The students under the banner of Sadharan Chhatra Parishad came up with the demand from a human chain formed on Chittagong Press Club premises.

The speakers at the human chain said the government should raise the maximum age limit for recruiting government employees. In West Bengal of India, the age limit is 40 while in other provinces it is 38. The age limit is 45 in Sri Lanka, 35 is in Indonesia and Italy and 40 in France. The students cannot complete their academic life at the age of 27-28 due to many reasons including session jam, the job-seekers said.