The cabinet on Monday agreed to tweak the existing law and introduce a provision for publishing results without holding exams 'in special circumstances'. After the meeting, Cabinet Secretary Khandker Anwarul Islam told reporters at the Secretariat that a proposal was made in the cabinet to issue the ordinance and release the results of HSC and equivalent exams between Jan 13 and 16. "There is a provision in the law, which requires the government to release the results after holding the exams. This year's HSC and equivalent exams were slated to begin on Apr 1 but were eventually cancelled due to the outbreak of the coronavirus in the country. She also had said an ordinance would be passed to publish the results of the HSC and equivalent examinations in light of the special circumstances created by the coronavirus epidemic.

Source: bd News24 January 11, 2021 12:22 UTC