Dhaka, June 30 -- Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) have banned the movement of the public within 200 yards of exam centres conducting the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations.

The DMP issued the ban through a public notice on Tuesday.

The exams are set to begin Jul 2. This year's HSC exams will be held with a common question paper for the nine general education boards in the country. Common question papers will also be used for the exams under the madrasah and technical education boards.

The DMP said in the notice that the police commissioner had issued the ban under the authority of Sections 28 and 29 of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police Ordinance (Ordinance No. III/1976) in the effort to conduct the exams in a fa...