Hundreds of job seekers on Saturday demonstrated at Dhaka's
Shahbagh, blocking the intersection to press home their demand for raising the
age limit for applying form government jobs from 30 to 35.
The vehicular movement centering Shahbagh came to a
standstill since Saturday noon, according to eyewitnesses. The demonstrators
also carried a banner that sought the chief adviser's attention on the matter.
One of the protesters said, "Currently, the age limit
to apply for civil service job is 30. We demand that the ceiling be raised to
35. We have been demanding for the 14 years. But we did not get any
response."
