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Published : 01 Mar 2025, 09:39 PM
Biman Bangladesh Airlines has termed the road blockade over alleged irregularities at the agency’s recruitment test as "propaganda".
Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Police Station chief Mohammad Golam Azam said a group of students blocked the road in the capital’s Asad Gate area alleging a leak of question papers during Biman’s recruitment test at around 5:30pm on Saturday.
“They left the road shortly after and traffic returned to normal."
The test was suspended at two separate centres [Lalmatia Girls’ High School and College and Lalmatia Government Women's College] after the students took to the streets in the evening over the allegation of irregularities in the exam.
In a statement, Biman said the recruitment test for the position of “Commercial Assistant” was held on Saturday.
The examination was conducted by Dhaka University’s Institute of Business Administration, or IBA, which was responsible for the preparation of question papers, centres, and evaluation of test papers.
According to Biman, a total of 31,917 candidates appeared in the exam at 15 centres.
Out of them, question papers for two centres arrived 22 minutes after the scheduled time due to heavy traffic on the road.
The exam was scheduled to commence at 3pm. When the vehicles carrying test papers arrived at the centres, a group of people standing outside the centres blocked them without any “provocation”, sparking the “propaganda” of question paper leak, the airline said.
Later, police reached the spot and tried to bring the situation under control.
Apart from these two, the exams were conducted peacefully at 13 other centres, the national flag carrier said.
When contacted on behalf of Biman, the IBA authorities claimed their question-carrying vehicles were stopped by a group of people.
Alongside this they “illicitly” spread “rumours” of question leaks, prompting the suspension of the test at those centres.
The authorities added that legal action is being taken in this regard. They will inform Biman about the decision concerning those two test centres.
In the statement, Biman also says it believes a group of people blocked the question-carrying vehicles with a "special motive" to tarnish the image of the airline and the government.
