Dhaka, Feb. 20 -- Following the scrapping of the oral portion results for the 27th Bangladesh Civil Service examinations, the Supreme Court's Appellate Division has ordered 1,137 candidates previously dropped from the recruitment process to be appointed to government jobs.

A five-member bench led by Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed made the decision on Thursday after hearing three appeals on the matter.

As a result, the job seekers - who have been fighting for appointments for a decade and a half - will finally get their appointments.

Advocate Salahuddin Dolon stood for the petitioners while Additional Attorney General Aneek R Haque represented the state alongside advocate Khalequzzaman Bhuiyan on behalf of the Public Service Commission...