<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has imposed a ban on the movement of anyone except Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSC) students and exam officials, within 200 yards of test centres in the capital.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The DMP announced the new step in a statement Thursday. The HSC and equivalent exams are scheduled to begin on November 6.</div><div><br></div><div>More than 12.03 lakh students are expected to sit for the exams at 2,649 centres, from 9,181 institutions under 11 educational boards.</div><div><br></div><div>The public will be completely barred from travelling within 200 yards of test centres to ensure "proper and lawful" exams, according to DMP commissioner Khandker Gulam Faruq.</div><div><br></div><div>The order will remain in force until the end of the exam.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>