Unfair means in honours fourth-year exam: results of 260 students cancelled, bans of up to three years

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A total of 260 National University students have been punished for adopting various unfair means, including copying, and breaching discipline. The incidents took place during the 2024 honours fourth-year examinations.

Their examinations have been cancelled. In addition, they will be barred from sitting any National University examination for between one and three years.

The decision was announced in a university notice on Tuesday.

According to the notice, officers-in-charge, examiners, observers and chief examiners at various college centres had brought a range of allegations against the 260 examinees during the examination. Those allegations were looked into.

The decision was taken at a meeting of the examination discipline committee on 20 September. With the approval of the academic council, the punishments have been enforced under various examination-related provisions of the university.

Background

According to a Risingbd report on 1 September, the 2024 honours fourth-year examinations were held from 30 April to 15 June, and the results were published on 31 August.

Ten examinees were expelled from a centre in Mymensingh on 30 April during the examinations for adopting unfair means, Dhaka Times reported on 30 April.

By the numbers

According to the results published by National University, the pass rate in the examination was 65.10 percent among 2 lakh 32 thousand 624 examinees from 881 affiliated colleges, Dhaka Times reported on 31 August.

According to a Risingbd report on 4 April 2023, 65 students were then given punishments of varying terms for adopting unfair means in the 2019 master’s preliminary-2 examination.

Sources

Original report: Bangladesh Pratidin

Background sources: Risingbd, 1 September 2026; Dhaka Times, 30 April 2026; Dhaka Times, 31 August 2026; Risingbd, 4 April 2023