Finance minister AMA Muhith saw no possibility of raising the age limit to enter public service within the current tenure of the present government.
"I planned to raise age limit for entering job. I placed a proposal, but to no avail. I think there is no change before the next election."
Mr Muhith divulged this to the media at his Secretariat office on Wednesday.
He suggested giving jobs on a contractual basis.
"Everyone should be given a job for 10 years or 15 years or something at any age," the minister said.
The country's youths have long been demanding a raise in the job entry age limit to 35 years from the existing 30 years.
They took to streets to hammer it home, claiming that the time is too short after completion of higher studies.
The parliamentary standing committee on public administration ministry recently recommended that the age limit be raised to 35 years.
The panel also suggested that the government increase the retirement age to 65 years from the existing 59 years.
Officials said the ministry would submit a proposal to the cabinet committee in line with the parliamentary watchdog's suggestions.
Cabinet secretary Mohammad Shafiul Alam recently said the process was yet to start.
Senior officials already discussed the issue, he told the newspersons.
About suing Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC) to reclaim the central bank's theft money, Mr Muhith said no case was yet filed.
He, however, said the Bangladesh Bank (BB) engaged a lawyer to handle the issue.
The case will be filed in New York where the Federal Reserve Bank will be a party.
Cyber-criminals stole $101 million from the BB funds deposited with the US bank in February 2016.
They channelled the funds to RCBC accounts in Manila by placing fraudulent orders on the SWIFT financial payments system.
Nearly $20 million of the total sum was recovered from Sri Lanka.
The lion's share of the booty landed in the Philippines, but that too was reported to have been squandered through casinos.
Later, some $15 million could be recovered from the Philippines.
No mentionable progress is there to bring home the remaining $66 million.
About the election issue, Mr Muhith said the poll-time interim government might be formed in October next.
There is a possibility of his inclusion in the interim government, he dropped a hint.
The general election is likely to be held in late December.
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