The workers were constructing a toilet at a school next to the temple in Faridpur’s Madhukhali Upazila
SSC, equivalent exams deferred to Feb 3 for Dhaka vote
The government has deferred SSC and equivalent exams paving way for a new date of elections to the Dhaka city corporations.
Published : 18 Jan 2020, 02:25 PM
Updated : 18 Jan 2020, 04:12 PM
The tests will start on Feb 3 instead of Feb 1, Education Minister Dipu Moni told bdnews24.com on Saturday.
The new test schedule will be announced on Sunday, she said.
“The exams have been deferred for the vote,” Abul Khair, a spokesman for the ministry, said.
The announcement came when an emergency meeting was underway at the Election Commission in the capital amid protests and calls from different quarters for a reschedule because of Saraswati Puja.
As many as 2,047,771 students will sit for the secondary school completion examinations at 3,512 centres across Bangladesh.
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