Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations which is scheduled to be held on May 9 and 12 were shifted on May 31 and June 1 respectively due to hartal called by 18-party and Hefajat on those days.
Exams of May 9 will begin from 9:00am on May 31 and afternoon's exams from 2:00pm, said Dhaka Education Board exam controller SM Ohiduzzaman. Besides, exams of May 12 will begin from 10:00am and afternoon's exam from 2:00pm on June 1, he added.
Opposition BNP-led 18-party alliance has called countrywide 2-day dawn-to-dusk shutdown from Wednesday protesting the killing common people and demanding restoration of caretaker government system. On the other hand, Hefajat-e-Islam called countrywide dawn-to-dusk hartal for Sunday in protest against "killing of their activists" during Dhaka rally on Sunday last.
