Dinajpur board district-wise HSC results: Rangpur on top, girls ahead of boys in every district

The district-wise results of the 2026 HSC examinations under the Dinajpur Education Board show wide variation. According to the board's published statistics, Rangpur district leads the eight districts with a pass rate of 56.12 percent. In the overall district picture, girls have done better than boys in every district.

The detailed results were released in a press release signed by Dinajpur Education Board examination controller Professor Md. Borhan Uddin at 1 p.m. on Saturday (31 October).

According to the board, Rangpur's pass rate is 56.12 percent; 23,752 candidates sat the examination in the district and 13,330 passed.

Nilphamari is second with a pass rate of 49.92 percent; of the 13,579 candidates who sat the examination, 6,779 passed. Panchagarh follows with 47.36 percent—3,252 passed out of 6,973 candidates.

Lalmonirhat's pass rate is 46.71 percent; 3,482 passed out of 7,455 candidates. In Thakurgaon, the pass rate is 45.03 percent—4,439 passed out of 9,857 candidates.

In Dinajpur district, the pass rate is 43.82 percent; 10,040 passed out of 22,910 candidates. Kurigram's pass rate is 40.72 percent—4,773 passed out of 11,722 candidates.

According to the published statistics, the lowest pass rate among the eight districts is in Gaibandha, at 38.80 percent; 6,029 passed out of 15,539 candidates. The gap between top-placed Rangpur and bottom-placed Gaibandha is therefore more than 17 percentage points.

Among boys, Rangpur also leads with a pass rate of 52.59 percent. It is followed by Nilphamari at 45.04 percent, Lalmonirhat at 40.87 percent, Dinajpur at 39.48 percent, Thakurgaon at 39.04 percent, Kurigram at 35.95 percent and Gaibandha at 34.74 percent. The boys' pass rate is lowest in Panchagarh, at 29.16 percent.

Among girls, the highest pass rate is in Rangpur at 59.42 percent. It is followed by Nilphamari at 54.26 percent, Lalmonirhat at 51.43 percent, Thakurgaon at 50.32 percent, Dinajpur at 47.75 percent, Kurigram at 45.21 percent and Gaibandha at 43.06 percent. The girls' pass rate is also lowest in Panchagarh, at 42.10 percent.

The district-wise statistics show that in every district the girls' pass rate exceeded the boys' pass rate. In Rangpur the girls' rate is nearly seven percentage points higher than the boys', while in Panchagarh the gap is about 13 percentage points.