Dinajpur, July 2 -- A total of 1,937 students were absent from the Bengali (Compulsory) First Paper examination on the opening day of the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examinations under the Dinajpur Education Board.

Among the absentees, 366 were from Dinajpur district, said a notification issued by the Board's Examination Controller Mohammad Borhan Uddin.

A total of 91,036 candidates were scheduled to sit for the Bengali First Paper examination.

The notification also said one student was expelled from an examination centre in Thakurgaon district for adopting unfair means.

This year, a total of 113,479 students-including regular, irregular and improvement candidates-from 665 colleges across the eight districts of Rangpur division...