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The date for publishing this year’s Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examination results has been changed. The new date is 31 October.
This was announced today (Tuesday) in a notice signed by Prof Syed Aktaruzzaman, chairman of the Dhaka Education Board and president of the Bangladesh Inter-Education Board Coordination Committee.
According to the notice, the results will be released at a ceremony at the International Mother Language Institute in the capital at 11am on 31 October. Results will be available simultaneously from the respective educational institutions and online as soon as the ceremony is opened.
Applications for re-evaluation, including re-scrutiny of answer scripts, will be taken online from 1 November to 7 November.
Earlier, in a notice on 24 October, the Bangladesh Inter-Education Board Coordination Committee in Dhaka had said the results would be published on 29 October.
This year’s HSC and equivalent examinations began on 2 July and ended on 8 August. Practical exams were to be completed by 15 August. But because of a natural disaster, several written exams under the Chattogram Education Board could not be held on schedule. With the postponed papers taken later, that board’s written exams ended on 9 September.
A total of 1,270,583 students from 9,439 educational institutions under the country’s 11 education boards sat the exams this year. There were 2,697 exam centres across the country.
Among the general education boards, Dhaka had the most examinees — 300,393 at 310 centres. In addition, 140,830 sat the exams under the Rajshahi board, 117,210 in Jashore, 113,479 in Dinajpur, 99,688 in Chattogram and 94,802 in Cumilla. The Mymensingh board had 73,037 examinees, Sylhet 71,711 and Barishal 58,664.
Under the Madrasah Education Board, 92,905 students sat the exams at 461 centres. The Technical Education Board had 107,964 examinees at 610 centres.
Background
According to an announcement by the Inter-Education Board Coordination Committee, last year’s (2025) HSC and equivalent results were published at 10am on 16 October, The Daily Star Bangla reported on 16 October 2025.
By the numbers
According to a Daily Star Bangla report of 16 October 2025, there were 1,251,111 examinees that year; the pass rate was 58.83 percent, 18.95 percent lower than the previous year. A total of 69,097 students obtained GPA-5.
Sources
Original report: Ajker Patrika
Background sources: The Daily Star Bangla, 16 October 2025
