[5] However, after a few days, Minister of Education of Bangladesh Nurul Islam Nahid declared quick action would be taken against people involved in question paper leaks.
[6] During the 2014 HSC examination period, the English exam schedule of Dhaka Board was changed due to leaks.
[4][9] Students and renowned Bangladesh educators like Muhammad Zafar Iqbal and Syed Abul Maksud protested against the leak and demanded the test be retaken, but no action was taken.
[11][12] In 2020, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of police said that at least 4,000 students were admitted to several medical and dental colleges through answering the question papers leaked by a gang from 2013 to 2018.
[citation needed] In 2014, scientist and writer Muhammad Zafar Iqbal protested at the Central Shaheed Minar against an alleged leak and the government's silence.
[16] The government briefly shut down mobile internet access in 2018 in an attempt to avoid the leaking of questions, but the measure was unsuccessful.