HSC, equivalent exams postponed

The education ministry on Sunday postponed the Higher Secondary Examination (HSC) and its equivalent examinations scheduled to begin on 1 April due to coronavirus outbreak.

Mohammad Abul Khair, PRO of the ministry confirmed this to media.

The HSC and its equivalent examinations were scheduled to begin across the country on 1 April.

Bangladesh on Sunday announced the detection of three new coronavirus patients, raising the number of such cases in the country to 27.

Bangladesh reported the country’s first death from coronavirus on 18 March.

Meanwhile, the number of globally confirmed coronavirus casese rose to more than 300,000 on Sunday.

So far, The virus has claimed13,068 lives -- a mortality rate of 12 per cent, according to Worldometer.

COVID-19 is affecting 188 countries and territories around the world and one international conveyance (the Diamond Princess cruise ship harboured in Yokohama, Japan).