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Published : 14 Jul 2026, 08:41 PM
Education Minister ANM Ehsanul Hoque Milon has announced that three Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examinations will be retaken for students who were unable to sit the tests properly due to continuous rain and flooding.
The announcement came in parliament on Tuesday as students continued protests in Dhaka and other areas demanding the minister's resignation over the government's decision not to postpone the HSC and equivalent examinations despite severe weather across parts of the country.
The minister said the Physics First Paper, Accounting and Logic examinations would be held again for affected candidates.
According to Milon, the retake examinations will be conducted when the postponed examinations for districts under the Chattogram Education Board are rescheduled following the flood disruption.
He said those postponed examinations would be held with new question papers, and students across the country who were affected by heavy rain and flooding would be allowed to sit the same examinations.
The Chattogram Education Board had earlier postponed examinations in districts affected by flooding after heavy rainfall inundated large areas and disrupted transport links.
The decision follows widespread complaints from examinees who said severe weather prevented many candidates from reaching examination centres or significantly disrupted their journeys.
Students have been demonstrating since Tuesday morning, blocking roads in several parts of Dhaka before marching towards the Dhaka Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board.
Police later stopped protesters near Haji Muhammad Mohsin Hall at the University of Dhaka after they attempted to continue their march.
The demonstrations have centred on demands that examinations be postponed during extreme weather and that the education minister resign over both the handling of the examination schedule and remarks allegedly made about HSC candidates.
