<div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>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.</b></span><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The DMP announced the new step in a statement Thursday. The HSC and equivalent exams are scheduled to begin on November 6.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">More than 12.03 lakh students are expected to sit for the exams at 2,649 centres, from 9,181 institutions under 11 education boards.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">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 style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The order will remain in force until the end of the exams. UNB</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>