Dhaka, April 25 -- Parliament on Thursday turned down a proposal placed for raising the age limit to enter the government jobs to 35 years from the existing 30.

Independent lawmaker Md Rezaul Karim Bablu (Bogura-7) placed the private member bill to raise the maximum age to join the government service, but the House rejected it by majority votes as Bablu refused to withdraw his bill.

In the bill, Bablu said the age limit to enter the government services is 35 years to 55 years in 155 countries out of 192 in the world. Even it is 59 years in several countries, he added.

He said some 2.8 million educated youths still remain unemployed, who are burden for their families.

The MP said students had waged a movement demanding the age limit to...