Bangladesh, Oct. 11 -- Question paper leak of public examinations and recruitment tests is nothing new. It became a recurring ugly phenomenon before holding the public examinations at the secondary and higher secondary levels without scandal over the past few years. But on Saturday last, the scheduled test for recruitment of assistant upazila youth development officer was postponed at the last moment because of question paper leak. As many as 319,000 applied for only 248 posts, highlighting the competition for securing government jobs. Many of the candidates came to Dhaka from different parts of the country to appear at the written test scheduled for holding at 11a.m. in 95 exam centres.

It is only natural that postponement of the test ...