Bangladesh Administrative Service Association is an association of administration cadre of

Bangladesh Civil Service Bangladesh Civil Service ( bn, বাংলাদেশ সিভিল সার্ভিস ), more popularly known by its acronym BCS, is the civil service of Bangladesh. Civil service in the Indian subcontinent originated from the Imperial ...

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is the President of the association and Md. Khalilur Rahman is the general secretary.

History

Bangladesh Administrative Service Association was established on 19 April 1981 for the administration cadre of Bangladesh Civil Service. The chairperson of the association is also the chairperson of the

BIAM Foundation BIAM Foundation or Bangladesh Institute of Administration and Management is an autonomous state business institute in Bangladesh and is located in Dhaka, Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a ...

. On 29 October 2007, the Caretaker Government provided immunity to executive magistrates from prosecution following negotiations between the government and the association. The association opposed the separation of the judiciary and the executive which the Caretaker government was trying to do. Their actions were criticised by the

Bangladesh Judicial Service Association Bangladesh Judicial Service Association (BJSA) ( bn, বাংলাদেশ জুডিসিয়াল সার্ভিস এসোসিয়েশন (বিজেএসএ) is a professional association of Judges and Magistrates of B ...

. After Awami League came to power in 2009, the association began lobbying again for judicial powers for administrative officers. In July 2017, the association criticised the arrest of Upazila Nirbahi Officer of Barguna Sadar Upazila, Tariq Salman, after the religious affairs secretary of Barisal District unit of Awami League Obaidullah Saju filed a case against him for publishing a distorted photo of President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on an invitation card. Obaidullah was suspended by Awami League for filing the case.

Bangladesh Police Service Association Bangladesh Police Service Association - BPSA is the association of the BCS cadre police officers of Bangladesh. History In January 2008, Nabo Bikram Kishore Tripura, Additional Inspector-General of Police, and Mahbubur Rahman, superintendent of ...

represents the police cadre of Bangladesh Civil Service and the two associations agreed to work together in 2018. Bangladesh Administrative Service Association held events across the country on 12 December 2020 pledging not to allow insults against President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. On 5 September 2020, the Bangladesh Administrative Service Association described a robbery and assault of UNO Wahida Khanam of

Ghoraghat Upazila Ghoraghat ( bn, ঘোড়াঘাট) is an upazila of Dinajpur District in the Division of Rangpur, Bangladesh. History Ghoraghat was established in the time of Bakhtlar Khilji (see Blochmanu's Contr., J.A.S,1873, p. 215, Tabaqat-i-Na ...

as premeditated. The Bangladesh Administrative Service Association demanded the arrest of

Serniabat Sadiq Abdullah Serniabat Sadiq Abdullah is a Bangladeshi politician and businessman. He was elected as mayor of the Barisal City Corporation in 2018 city election. He is a son of Awami League politician Abul Hasanat Abdullah and grandson of Abdur Rab Serniab ...

, Mayor of Barisal, on 20 August 2021 following an attack on official residence of the

Upazila Nirbahi Officer An Upazila Nirbahi Officer ( Abbreviation: UNO; bn, উপজেলা নির্বাহী অফিসার) is the chief executive officer of an upazila (subdistrict) and a mid-level officer of the Bangladesh Civil Service (administratio ...

, Munibur Rahman, by

Bangladesh Chhatra League The Bangladesh Chhatra League ( bn, বাংলাদেশ ছাত্রলীগ; translation: Bangladesh Students' League; BSL), formerly known as the East Pakistan Student League, often simply called the Chhatra League, is a students' po ...

and mayor's office staff. 50 people were injured including some with bullet wounds after Munibur Rahman ordered Bangladesh Ansar personnel present to open fire. The association called the Mayor and his personnel political thugs. The language used in the association statement was criticised by senior administration cadres.

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