2 students ‘commit suicide’ after failing HSC exams in Satkhira, Lakshmipur

Two students in Satkhira and Lakshmipur have died in suspected suicides after learning that they had failed the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examinations, with both incidents reported today (31 October), the day the results were published.

In Satkhira, police recovered the body of Hridoy Sardar, 20, from his home in South Sarsa village under Dhandea union of Tala upazila around noon.

Hridoy was the son of Roichuddin Sardar, a resident of the village.

Local residents said he had been distressed after learning that he had failed the examination. Police also recovered a handwritten note from the scene in which he expressed disappointment over the result and apologised to his parents.

Officer-in-Charge of Patkelghata Police Station Tofazzal Hossain said police recovered the body after receiving information about the incident.

He said Hridoy had first sat the HSC examination in 2025 and failed in two subjects. This year, he passed one of them but failed in English.

Based on the initial investigation, the note and discussions with family members, police suspect that he died by suicide, the officer added.

In a separate incident in Lakshmipur, an 18-year-old college student, Bhumika Rani Das, reportedly died by suicide in Kamalnagar upazila after learning that she had failed the HSC examination.

She found out after the results were published on Saturday that she had failed in Information and Communication Technology (ICT). She later died at her home, unbeknownst to her family.

Bhumika was the daughter of Ranjit Chandra Das, a resident of Shashi Bhakta’s house in the Karunanagar Bazar area under Ward No 9 of Hajirhat union in Kamalnagar.

Her father said she had appeared in this year’s HSC examination from Hajirhat Coastal Government College.