The results of HSC and equivalent exams will be published on October 15.

Tapan Kumar Sarkar, Chairman of Dhaka Education Board and President of Inter-Education Board Coordinating Committee, an organization of chairmen of education boards, gave this information on Monday (October 7).

Based on SSC or equivalent exam marks (subject mapping) this time HSC or equivalent exam result. In this regard, the President of Inter-Education Board Coordination Committee, Tapan Kumar Sarkar, said that the results of the exam will be evaluated and the answer sheets will be published. And for the subjects which have not been examined, the results will be published on the basis of SSC or equivalent examination results by subject mapping.

There is a policy for topic mapping. In this process the marks obtained by a candidate in a subject in SSC, if that subject is in HSC, the entire marks obtained in SSC will be taken into consideration. And if there is a difference in subjects in SSC and HSC and equivalent examinations, the result will be published considering the marks as per subject mapping policy.

The education department was forced to cancel this year's HSC or equivalent exams when the candidates protested and surrounded the secretariat after entering the secretariat last August.

This time the HSC or equivalent examination started on June 30. The total number of candidates is about 14.5 lakh. After the seven examinations, the movement to reform the quota system in government jobs spread. In this situation, the examination was postponed several times. Six subject exams were left till then. Apart from this, the practical exam is also left. At one point, the quota reform movement took the form of a round of government collapse. Sheikh Hasina's government fell on August 5 in a student uprising. Later it was decided that the exam will be conducted in the new schedule from August 11. It didn't happen though.

According to education board sources, police stations in various areas were attacked on the day of the ouster of the Awami League government. The question paper trunk kept in the police station was damaged. In this situation, instead of August 11, it was decided to hold the postponed exams from September 11. But many of the candidates joined the movement. They claimed that due to the prevailing circumstances, the fact that the examination has been suspended for an indefinite period has put them under stress. So the remaining tests have to be cancelled. At one stage the postponed exams were canceled in the face of agitation.

The Saudi government has no restrictions on sending Hajj pilgrims from Bangladesh by sea. However, the country's Minister of Hajj and Umrah Affairs Tawfiq Fauzan Al Rabia said that the port authority should be talked.

Advisor on religion in Bangladesh AFM Khalid Hossain said this in a meeting with Saudi Minister held at the Saudi Ministry of Hajj and Umrah in Jeddah on Sunday (October 6). The meeting was cordial.

Minister Dr. Tawfiq Fawzan Al Rabia said, Saudi government has no objection to send Haji pilgrims from Bangladesh by sea. But you have to talk to the port authorities. Bangladesh also needs to negotiate with the shipping company.

Bangladesh is thinking about sending 2/3 thousand pilgrims to Saudi Arabia as experimental by ship.

Saudi minister assures to upgrade biometric system for Hajj Owners of Hajj agencies in Bangladesh or their representatives have to visit Saudi Arabia repeatedly to secure accommodation and other facilities 2/3 months before Hajj. That is why Munajem (multiple) visa is required. When the religious adviser of Bangladesh drew the attention of the Hajj minister in this regard, he assured the issue of Munajjim visa.

Under the Road to Makkah program, Saudi immigration is completed at the Haj camp in Dhaka and the baggage of the pilgrims is supposed to be delivered to the Saudi hotel. But in 2023 and 24, several pieces of luggage were lost. When the subject was brought up, the minister said that necessary measures will be taken in this regard.

Previously, the Saudi Ministry of Hajj has given a quota of sending at least 2,000 Hajj pilgrims to each agency. In this regard, when the Religious adviser requested to reschedule the quota of two hundred and fifty people per similar agency in 2024, the Saudi minister assured to consider the matter.

The Deputy Minister of International Cooperation of the Hajj Ministry Hassan Al Manakhera and Director General of the Ministry of Hajj Affairs Badr Al Selami assisted the Saudi Hajj Minister in the bilateral meeting.

The secretary of the Ministry of Religion was in the Bangladeshi team Abdul Hamid Jamaddar, Additional Secretary Motiul Islam, Charge de Affairs of Bangladesh Embassy in Riyadh, Brigadier Rakibullah, Consul General of Bangladesh Consulate in Jeddah, Mia Muhammad Moinul Kabir, Counselor of Jeddah Hajj Mission, Zahirul Islam, Hajj Consul Muhammad Aslamuddin, Bangladesh Embassy Officer Dr. Sadiq Hossain and Jeddah Hajj Mission Officer Mahmudul Hasan were present.

The planning and education adviser Dr. Wahiduddin Mahmud commented that although corruption has decreased somewhat in the country, extortion has not decreased.

The adviser said this at a press conference at the NEC conference room in the capital's Sher-e-bangla nagar after the second meeting of the interim government at the office of the chief adviser on Monday (October 7). 

The planning advisor said that ongoing projects are being revised. So it takes time. As private sector investment is low, projects will slow down and their cash flow will not increase. Work on previous projects should be continued to increase the flow of money. Some new projects have to be undertaken. But before extending the duration of already ongoing projects, the cost is being scrutinized.

He said that instead of building big infrastructure or buying cars under the project, initiatives will be taken to increase civic amenities in city corporations and municipalities, build parks and libraries, and build reservoirs. The government will check how many cars have been bought under government projects, where they are, how they are being used. When the project is finished, why the cars can no longer be found will be verified.

He also said that the Dhaka-Rangpur highway has stalled up to Tangail. There is considerable foreign funding. Interest rates are also low. This project will be implemented. The current government is giving more priority to foreign funded projects.

Besides, he also said that the capital will be decentralized by increasing the civic facilities in city corporations and municipalities outside Dhaka.

After OSD, Lalmonirhat District Administration Executive Magistrate Tapashi Tabassum Urmi has been temporarily suspended.

This information was informed in the notification issued by the Ministry of Public Administration on Monday (October 7).

Apart from dismissal, disciplinary action is pending against her, the notification said.

Before this, Urmi was made OSD following her controversial post against the Chief Adviser of the interim government Dr. Muhammad Yunus on Facebook.

Executive Magistrate Tapashi Tabassum Urmi wrote in this post on social media Facebook, "The chief advisor of the constitutionally baseless interim government said that the reset button has been pushed. The past is erased. He deleted all the past history of the country by clicking the reset button. So easy! The countdown has begun for you, sir.

Later, when asked about the status, Urmi said on the phone, "I have posted, that's enough." I did only me. Transfer can happen for various reasons. I do not want to comment on this.

She also said, "If I lose my job for this, there is no problem." Father of our nation Bangabandhu, it is settled fact. Delete the reset button to delete the past, what does it mean? Then I think, the power against the liberation war is in the form of government in our country. I feel that this is my place of responsibility. Called the July Massacre, these are all subject to investigation, not settled facts. It has not been proven so far.