Educational institutions to remain shut till 15 June

All the educational institutions will remain closed until 15 June, state minister for public administration Farhad Hossain said Wednesday.

A gazette notification will be issued on Thursday in this regard, he told UNB.

However, online classes can be run as before during this period,he said.

The general holidays were announced in March to contain the transmission of coronavirus and were extended to 30 May in phases as the number of confirmed coronavirus cases and deaths rose.

On 16 March, the government closed all educational institutes to prevent the spread of coronavirus.

No classes have been held since that day.

Bangladesh on Wednesday reported 1,541 new coronavirus cases with 22 more deaths.

The number of confirmed cases in the country now stands at 38,292 and deaths at 544, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). - Collected from "Prothom Alo"