as Bangladesh Administrative Service. Present Cabinet Secretary of the Republic is Mr. Khandker Anwarul Islam. He is the 22nd Cabinet Secretary to the government of Bangladesh. The position holder is accountable for ensuring that the Civil Service is equipped with the skills and capability to meet the everyday challenges it faces and that civil servants work in a fair and decent environment. Cadre compositions Existing Cadres: 26 General Cadres: 10 Professional Cadres: 12 Cadres with Both General & Professional Posts: 4 Cadres no longer exist: 4 Abolished Cadres: 2 (Judicial in 2007, Telecommunications in 2008) Cadres Merged into Administration Cadre: 2 (Secretariat in 1992, Economic in 2018) There are two types of cadres in Bangladesh Civil Service: General Cadres and Professional/Technical Cadres. General cadres BCS (Foreign Affairs) BCS (Administration) BCS (Police) BCS (Audit & Accounts) BCS (Taxation) BCS (Customs & Excise) BCS (Ansar) BCS (Family Planning) BCS (Postal) BCS (Railway Transportation & Commercial) Professional cadres BCS (General Education) BCS (Technical Education) BCS (Public Health Engineering) BCS (Public Works) BCS (Railway: Engineering) BCS (Roads & Highways) BCS (Health) BCS (Agriculture) BCS (Forest) BCS (Fisheries) BCS (Livestock) BCS (Statistics) Cadres with both general and professional posts BCS (Food) BCS (Trade) BCS (Information) BCS (Co-operative) A substantive changes happened recently: The Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh with Gazette Notification no. SRO No. 355 Act/2018, 13 November 2018 has merged two cadres of the civil administration-Administration and Economic (Bangladesh Gazette, 13 November 2018, Govt. of the People's Republic of Bangladesh). Now, all positions and manpower of the Economic cadre will belong to that of the Administration cadre. The said reformation has happened to ensure a more dynamic, coordinated and people-friendly administrative system. Examination system BCS Examination is the top most competitive job examination in Bangladesh. On an average, 350,000 to 425,000 candidates apply every year and the percentage of candidates appearing is more than 90%. Aspirants must complete a three-stage process, with a final success rate of about 2% for all cadres and 0.5% for general cadres, although it varies from years to years exam. See also Executive Magistrate of Bangladesh References Government of Bangladesh Civil service in Bangladesh Public Administration of Bangladesh