The authorities have banned all kinds of electronic devices from being carried into the examination centers for the medical admission test, which will begin in Dhaka city on Friday.  The MBBS admission test for five medical colleges in Dhaka city for the 2021-2022 academic year will be held from 10:00 am to 11:00 am on Friday, April 1.  Besides, the candidates appearing for the medical admission test have been instructed to come to the center wearing masks to prevent Covid-19 infection. However, there will be arrangements to supply masks if anyone enters the exam Centre without wearing masks.  The decisions were taken from a coordination meeting of the concerned authorities taking the medical admission test with DMP Commissioner Md Shafiqul Islam at DMP headquarters on Monday. A number of instructions, including those mentioned in the meeting, were adopted.  Several decisions were taken to complete the medical admission test in a transparent and smooth manner.   The medical admission test will be conducted in accordance with proper hygiene rules. Adequate police will be deployed in each center. Candidates will not be allowed to take any other paper in except the admission card for the admission test. The gate of the center will be opened at 8 in the morning. Every examinee has to enter the center by 9:30 am. The gate of the center will be closed after 9:30. At the time of entering the examination center, the bodies of all the examinees will be searched. No one will be able to keep a mobile phone except the center in-charge. In addition, there will be a mobile court in each center. READ: Medical college admission test on Apr 2 as per schedule: Minister It may be mentioned that a total of 61,678 candidates are expected to participate in the admission test in 18 centers in Dhaka Metropolitan City on Friday.  The centers are: Dhaka Medical College (9 centers): Dhaka University Faculty of Arts building; Lecture Theater Building; The Faculty of Business Studies building; Faculty of Social Sciences; Mokaram Hossain, Science Building; AF Mujibur Rahman, Math’s Building, Science Building; Kazi Motahar Hossain Bhaban; Udayan High School and Begum Badrunnesa Government Women's College, Bakshi Bazar, Dhaka.  Sir Salimullah Medical College (3 centers): Eden Mohila College, Dhaka College, and New Model Multipurpose High School, Dhaka. Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College (2 centers): Tejgaon College, Indira Road, Dhaka and Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Agargaon, Dhaka. Mugda Medical College (2 centers): Ideal School and College, Motijheel Campus, Dhaka and Ideal School and College, Mugda Campus, Dhaka.  Dhaka Dental College (2 centers): Government Titumir College, Dhaka and Government Bangla College, Mirpur, Dhaka.  The coordination meeting was attended by additional commissioners of DMP, representatives of 5 medical colleges and admission test centers, senior officials of DMP and representatives of various intelligence agencies.

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Thursday said the executions of two Chuadanga death-row convicts in a murder case were carried out following the due rules. The minister came up with the remark while responding to a query from a journalist at the secretariat over the reported executions of the two convicts before hearing their appeal. “They were executed as per rules. No appeal had remained pending, and there was no violation of our system,” he said. Read: Trying our best to execute jail killing case verdict: Home Minister “So far, we know, no such incident occurred. There’s a procedure to carry out executions. A death-row convict can file a petition with the High Court against the verdict and if it rejects the appeal the convict can file a petition to the Appellate Division. If the petition is filed from jail then it’s a jail appeal. If the jail appeal is denied, then the convict may seek presidential clemency. If it’s rejected, then the convict is executed. All these steps were maintained one after another during the execution of the Chuadanga convicts,” said the minister. Meanwhile, Law Minister Anisul Huq said the news of the execution of the two condemned convicts in Chuadanga before the appeal hearing in a murder case do not match the information he had received. The minister made this remark while talking to reporters at his office at the secretariat on Thursday. Read: Names of puja violence instigators to be disclosed soon: Home Minister The law minister said those who had been executed were sentenced to death by a judicial court. Their death sentences were confirmed by the High Court and then the convicts filed jail appeals, he added. Following the hearing on the jail appeal, the Appellate Division upheld the judgment of the High Court. Their executions were carried out after their appeals for presidential clemency had been rejected, Anisul said.

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