Dhaka, April 15 -- The second day of the Secondary School Certificates (SSC) and equivalent exams has seen the expulsion of at least 101 individuals, including 83 students and 18 exam officials.

After the tests on Tuesday, the Inter-Education Board Coordination Committee (IEBCC) said a total of 28,943 candidates had been absent on the day.

The second day's examinations included English First Paper for SSC candidates, Arabic Second Paper in the Dakhil stream, and Mathematics-2 for both SSC and Dakhil Vocational candidates.

A notice issued by Khondokar Ehsanul Kabir, the committee president and chairman of the Dhaka Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board, said 1,757,036 candidates were supposed to appear for the exams, but 1,724,...