MBBS admission test held

The 2021-22 admission test for the country's medical colleges was held on Friday. The test was held at a total of 57 venues in 19 centers across the country, including the capital from 10 am to 11 am.

Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque inspected the examination centre at Arts Building of Dhaka University at 10 am.

After the inspection, the minister said that enough preparations were taken to prevent any leakage of question. The high alert will remain until publication of results.

Some people tried to spread rumors through social media about the leakage of question papers by creating fake question papers. Two people were also arrested earlier in this connection, he added.

This year, a total of 1,43,915 students sat for the exam, against 4,350 seats available. Among them, 61,678 candidates participated in Dhaka city only.

Two held over fake test question leakage

Two people have been arrested on charges of fraudulence for circulating 'fake' question papers on social media ahead of the entrance exam to public and privately-run medical colleges.

Confirming the development, Health Minister Zahid Maleque said all possible security measures have been taken to ensure the fairness of the exam while visiting the test centres at Dhaka University on Friday.

However, the authorities did not reveal the identities of the suspects or any other details about the arrests.

The MBBS admission test for 18 medical colleges and a dental college was held at 57 centres across the country from 10 am to 11 am on Friday.

The 37 government medical colleges have 4,350 available seats, while another 6,489 places are vacant at the 72 private medical colleges in Bangladesh. A total of 143,915 students had initially applied to take part in the test.