Failure claims lives of 4 students
Four students have died in separate suspected suicide incidents in Satkhira, Lakshmipur and Magura after learning that they had failed the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examinations, triggering grief among their families, classmates and local communities.
The deceased were identified as Hridoy Sardar, 20, of Satkhira; Bhumika Rani Das, 18, of Lakshmipur; and Bappi Biswas, 19, and Anannya Shikder, 18, of Magura.
The incidents were reported on Saturday, following the publication of the 2026 HSC examination results.
In Satkhira, police recovered the body of Hridoy Sardar 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. According to local residents, 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 his 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 appeared in the HSC examination in 2025 but failed in two subjects. This year, he passed one of them but failed in English.
Based on the initial investigation, the handwritten 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 at her home in Kamalnagar upazila after learning that she had failed the HSC examination.
Bhumika discovered on Saturday that she had failed in Information and Communication Technology (ICT). She later died at her home.
She was the daughter of Ranjit Chandra Das and lived at Shashi Bhakta’s house in the Karunanagar Bazar area under Ward No 9 of Hajirhat union in Kamalnagar.
Her father said Bhumika had appeared in this year’s HSC examination as a student of Hajirhat Coastal Government College.
Meanwhile, two students died in separate incidents in Magura Sadar upazila after learning that they had failed the HSC examination.
The deceased were identified as Bappi Biswas, 19, son of Shafiqul Biswas of Amuria village under Kuchiamora union, and Anannya Shikder, 18, daughter of the late Anil Shikder of Natungram in the same union.
Bappi had appeared in this year’s HSC examination from the science group at Bunagati Degree College in Shalikha upazila.
According to local sources, he died at his home on Saturday afternoon after learning that he had failed the examination.
Anannya was a humanities student at Kuchiamora Syed Ator Ali School and College.
Local residents said she learned about her examination result at around 11:30am on Saturday and subsequently went to her room. She was later found unresponsive inside the room.
Officer-in-Charge of Magura Sadar Police Station Faruk Ahmed confirmed receiving reports of the two students’ deaths.
He said relatives of the deceased had approached the police station to file complaints and that necessary legal procedures were under way.
The deaths of the four students have cast a pall of grief over their respective communities, with the incidents highlighting the need for greater attention to students’ emotional well-being and support for young people facing academic setbacks.
