49,194 pass 2022-23 MBBS entrance exam
A total of 49,194 students (35.34 percent) passed the MBBS/BDS admission test held on Friday across the country.
Of those who passed, 20,813 are male and 28,381 are female (42.31 percent and 57.69 percent respectively).
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. Health Minister Zahid Maleque announced the results at a press conference at the old building of the Directorate General of Health Services in Dhaka's Mohakhali this afternoon.
Rafsan Zaman, a student of Chittagong Medical College Center, is the highest scorer this time.
The results have been uploaded to the websites of the health directorate, medical education directorate and Teletalk websites, according to Masudur Rahman, director (medical education) at the Directorate General of Medical Education.
"Each of the successful candidates will also be notified via SMS to their registered mobile phone numbers," Masudur Rahman told The Daily Star.
The candidates can also check their results on these websites: http://result.dghs.gov.bd/, https://dgme.portal.gov.bd/, and http://dgme.teletalk.com.bd/.
This year, around 1.39 lakh applicants sat for the entrance exam for 11,122 seats in medical colleges.
The pass mark was 40 out of 100 in the MCQ.
There are 4,350 seats in 37 public medical colleges and 6,772 seats in 72 private medical colleges, according to the health ministry. In 2022, the medical admission test was held on April 1 where 1.43 lakh students appeared for the same 4,350 seats, and 79,337 passed the MCQ.
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