A Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examination centre at Gumdhum of Bandarban has been moved to Cox’s Bazar’s Ukhiya upazila, as shelling and firing from Myanmar continued till late on Friday.

Taking the safety of the examinees into account, the local administration shifted the exam centre from Gumdhum High School in Naikhongchhari to Kutupalong High School in Ukhiya.

In this regard, Deputy Commissioner Yasmin Parvin Tibrizi said: “The situation at Naikhongchhari is not good now. Major accidents can take place at any moment.”

She also said that some 499 students were to sit for SSC examinations at that centre.

The new location was announced on the Facebook page of the Bandarban deputy commissioner.

On Friday, at least one died and six other people including a Rohingya child sustained critical injuries in firing and mortar shelling from across the Myanmar border in Gumdhum of Bandarban.

The mortar shells landed in no man’s land injuring three Rohingya people in the evening. One of them, Md Iqbal, 17, succumbed to injuries, Deputy Commissioner Yasmin Parvin Tibrizi said.

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Locals said that bullets landed in a thicket beside the house of one Shah Alam in Konarpara, creating panic among local people.

Earlier in the day, a Bangladeshi youth was injured in a landmine explosion along the Headmanpara border area at Tumbru.

The injured has been identified as 22-year-old Athwaing Tangchangya. He lost one of his legs in the explosion.

The incident took place at around 3:15pm on Friday near pillar No 35 of the Myanmar border.

On September 3, Myanmar helicopters intruded to within 300 to 400 yards of Bangladeshi airspace at Naikhongchhari point several times. Shells and gunshots were fired from warplanes and helicopters, local people reported.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has already summoned the Myanmar envoy to Dhaka thrice over the issue.