Dhaka, Sept. 10 -- The government has appointed 120 officials from the BCS Administration Cadre as executive magistrates to ensure law and order and manage control rooms during the 47th BCS preliminary examinations.

The Public Administration Ministry issued a gazette notification on Wednesday under the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898, empowering the officers with executive magistracy.

The examination is scheduled for 19 September from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm at 113 centres across Dhaka.

One executive magistrate will be deployed at each centre, while seven others will be assigned to the control room at the Bangladesh Public Service Commission (PSC) Secretariat.

The appointed magistrates are required to attend a briefing seminar at the PS...