, Aug. 10 -- A total of 286 students under Dhaka Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board have secured GPA-5 after the publication of results for the SSC and equivalent examination answer script challenge.

Of them, three achieved GPA-5 from an earlier fail and 293 passed from the fail.

Dhaka Board Examination Controller Prof SM Kamal Uddin Hayder announced the fresh results on Sunday.

This year, 92,863 students under the Dhaka Board submitted applications to re-scrutinise a total of 223,664 answer scripts, a sharp rise compared to the last year.

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