Dhaka, March 17 -- The Bangladesh Madrasah Education Board has pushed back the Dahkil exam initially set for Apr 13 in line with the rescheduling carried out by the general education boards.

The Arabic First Paper exam will now be held a month later on May 13.

The revised schedule was posted on the Madrasah Board's website on Sunday.

On Feb 19, the general education boards revised the timetable for the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examinations. The revised schedule pushed back the Bangla Second Paper exam from Apr 13 to May 13.

The Pahari Chhatra Parishad (PCP), an organisation of students from Bangladesh's hill tribes, had demanded that the SSC exams scheduled for Apr 13 and Apr 15 be deferred for "Boisabi" - an important festi...