Prof Abul Bashar Md Jamal, director general of Directorate General of Medical Education (DGME), said the tests will held from 10 am to 11 am on that day. The admission will be arranged centrally, he said.

 

Students with a combined GPA of 9 in the Secondary School Certificate or SSC and HSC examinations will be eligible to take the entrance tests, Dr Abul Bashar said, adding that the admission seekers can apply online from February 12.

 

A notice for the exams will be published by Friday or Saturday. The number of seats and admission process will be the same as last year, he said on Wednesday after the government published the results of the Higher Secondary Certificate or HSC tests.

 

Bangladesh has 37 government medical colleges with 4,350 seats and 72 private medical colleges 6,489 seats.