The government has again extended the shutdown of all the educational institutions across Bangladesh till August 31, considering the ongoing Covid-19 crisis in the country.
Mohammad Abul Khayer, public relations officer at the Ministry of Education, confirmed the matter on Wednesday.
Earlier in March, the government ordered all the schools, colleges and universities across the country to close down soon after the first cases of Covid-19 in Bangladesh were reported on March 8.
The shutdown has since been extended several times, with the latest one issued on Wednesday.
The government has been running a distance-learning program through Sangsad Television for schools and colleges. Classes are taking place on Facebook and YouTube for primary and secondary-level students as well.
Many private universities have already started online classes to keep up with the coursework.
The health authorities reported 35 deaths due to Covid-19 in the country in 24 hours until Wednesday morning, pushing the official death tally to 3,035.
Besides, 3,009 fresh cases of the pandemic diseases were reported in the last 24 hours, raising the total number of officially confirmed cases in Bangladesh since March 8 to 232,194.
