There are currently 521,922 vacant posts in the country’s ministries, directorates and government offices. The government has drawn up a plan to recruit 500,000 government employees to fill them, transparently and quickly.
State Minister for Public Administration Md Abdul Bari gave the figures in parliament on Tuesday (10 November) in reply to a starred question from Khairul Kabir Khokon, the ruling party MP for Narsingdi-1.
The state minister said that, according to Statistics of Public Servants 2025, which is based on updated data on government staffing up to 30 June 2025, 521,922 posts are vacant across government offices.
He said the government has drawn up six-month, one-year and five-year action plans to fill these vacancies. Under the plan, with the aim of recruiting 500,000 government employees transparently and quickly, the public administration ministry has written to other ministries and divisions asking for the latest state of their recruitment and for information on filling vacant posts.
All ministries and divisions have also been asked to draw up time-bound plans to publish recruitment notices quickly and complete appointments to vacant posts. Several ministries and divisions, including the public administration ministry, have already begun recruiting.
In reply to a supplementary question from Khairul Kabir Khokon, the state minister said that if complaints or specific evidence are received about recruitment completed in the past, they will be reviewed and the necessary action taken. If such action leaves any post vacant, those posts too will be filled on the basis of merit and qualification.
In reply to another supplementary question from Abul Hasnat, the NCP MP for Cumilla-4, the state minister said information on government recruitment is updated every six months. Recruitment by all offices and divisions at district and central level, and by the Public Service Commission, is continuing in the normal way.
He said recruitment data is now being collected from the various offices. It is hoped that by the end of this year the data can be compiled and parliament told how many government employees have been appointed within a set period.
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