Dhaka, Oct. 23 -- The Public Service Commission (PSC) has announced that the viva voce for the 49th special Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) examination, aimed at recruiting 683 teachers for government colleges, will begin on Nov 2.

According to a PSC circular issued on Thursday, the oral examinations will run until Nov 9.

The tests will be held at the commission's office in Agargaon, Dhaka, starting at 10am each day.

The results of the written examination were published on Sunday, with 1,219 candidates qualifying for the viva.

Earlier, on Oct 10, the PSC conducted a multiple-choice (MCQ) test for over 312,000 applicants across 184 centres in Dhaka. A total of 176,670 candidates took part in the exam, representing 56.49 percent of all a...