DHAKA, July 4, 2026 (BSS) - The government has revised the honorarium and remuneration rates for officials, employees, selection committee members, examiners and others engaged in recruitment and promotion examinations across ministries, divisions, directorates, departments and other government offices.

The Finance Division's Regulation Wing (Regulation-2 Branch) under the Ministry of Finance recently issued a circular announcing the revised rates, setting new honorariums for activities including question paper preparation, examination supervision, answer script evaluation, viva voce and practical examinations.

According to the circular, an honorarium of Taka 6,000 has been fixed per person for preparing question papers.

Members of departmental selection or promotion committees will receive Taka 6,000 per person for each meeting, while members or experts of viva voce and practical examination boards will be entitled to Taka 6,000 per day.

For evaluating answer scripts, examiners will receive Taka 130 for each full answer script and Taka 35 for each objective (MCQ) answer script. An additional Taka 15 has been fixed for scrutinising each answer script, while Taka 50 will be paid for re-evaluating each script.

The circular also revised the daily honorarium for officials and employees directly involved in conducting examinations based on their grades.

Officials in Grade-9 and above will receive Taka 1,800 per day, employees in Grades 10 to 16 will receive Taka 1,200 per day, and those in Grades 17 to 20 will be paid Taka 1,000 per day.

The head of an institution serving as a written examination centre, or a nominated coordinator, will receive a one-time honorarium of Taka 3,500, while centre inspectors will be paid Taka 1,800 per day.

Refreshment expenses for officials and employees engaged in conducting examinations will be met in accordance with the government's existing "Delegation of Financial Power-2026" and the latest government directives.

The circular also fixed several expenditure limits related to conducting examinations.

Accordingly, up to Taka 3 per candidate may be spent on seating arrangements, Taka 12 per candidate on preparing answer scripts, and Taka 5 per candidate on question paper preparation, paper, duplicating machine rental, where applicable, and ink.

The rates have also been set at Taka 20 per unit for printing and procuring OMR topsheets, Taka 5 for lithographic coding and decoding, and Taka 4 for conventional coding and decoding.

In addition, up to Taka 15,000 may be spent on trunks, locks and keys, paper, pens and other ancillary materials required for conducting examinations.

The circular said all expenditures must be met from the budget allocated for the respective recruitment process, and no additional allocation will be provided for this purpose.

It also stipulated that even if examinations for multiple posts are held on the same day, those responsible for preparing question papers, as well as selection committee members and experts, will not be entitled to more than one honorarium per person per day.