Staff Reporter :
The examinations of O-level and A-level have been postponed for today (Thursday) in the capital and Khulna division considering the security measure during the hartal and blockade programs of the BNP-led 20-party alliance, a British Council source in Dhaka told The New Nation on Wednesday night. Examinations of eight subjects, four in each level, have been cancelled, the source said. The 20-party alliance enforced the hartal in Dhaka and Khulna divisions for 48 hours and in Sylhet district for 12 hours from 6:00am on Wedneday, protesting arrest and killing of its leaders and activities throughout the country.
The incidents of arson and vandalism marked the hartal in Dhaka and Khulna divisions on Wednesday morning on the first day of the 48-hour hartal. The BNp announced that the O-level examinations out of the purview of the hartal. However, the BNp announced that the O-level examinations out of the purview of the hartal and bloickade programs.
