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PSC forced to cancel leaked test

Staff Correspondent
The government yesterday forced the Public Service Commission (PSC) to cancel the preliminary civil service examinations following widespread protest over leakage of question papers.
The cabinet yesterday made the move after discussion the test scam.
The PSC then called an emergency meeting and scrapped the tests taken on February 28 to recruit officers in different cadre services.
This is the first time that a civil service exam was cancelled. Over 1.20 lakh candidates appeared in the test against 4,450 posts.
"Although there was no evidence of leakage of questions, the PSC decided to cancel the test to remove any confusion and controversy," said a PSC press release last night.
The PSC Chairperson Prof, ZN Tahmida Begum was not available for comments.
The PSC got embroiled in a controversy after multiple choice questions of the 24th Bangladesh Civil Service exams were leaked, copies of which were freely sold at between Tk 100 and Tk 10,000 per set.
A Dhaka University student took a leaked set to the Ramna Police Station one and a half hours before the exam began and wanted to file a general diary.
But the police turned him away.
Later, it was revealed that some city coaching centres were involved in the scam and they sold the question papers to their students.
The PSC however denied any leakage. But then, it suddenly took a U-turn in the face of protest and criticism.
A senior cabinet minister raised the issue of question leakage at the regular weekly cabinet meeting yesterday chaired by Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, a highly placed source said.
The prime minister and majority cabinet members wanted the tests to be scrapped.
The cabinet also felt that the scam should be probed to punish the criminals and to avoid any similar future event.
A cabinet minister told The Daily Star that it was not wise to continue with the tests because of the serious controversy.
The PSC chairperson and a member were involved in the formulation and printing of the question papers.