The government has extended the ongoing closure of all secondary and higher secondary educational institutions till June 30 due to the worsening Covid-19 situation in some parts of the country.
The Ministry of Education announced the government's decision in a press release on Saturday.
The ministry earlier had said that schools and colleges would be allowed to reopen from June 13, if the Covid-19 situation improves in the country.
All educational institutions have been closed since March 17 last year due to the emergence of coronavirus in Bangladesh.
Since then, the closure had to be extended several times as Covid-19 situation in the country failed to improve.
Covid-19 situation in Bangladesh
Bangladesh on Friday registered 43 more coronavirus-related deaths and 2,454 fresh cases in 24 hours, with the Covid situation worsening post the detection of the Delta variant in different parts of the country.
Although district administrations have imposed restrictions in most of the frontier districts to bring the situation under control, the infection and death rates are on the rise.
The latest death toll pushed up the fatalities to 13,032. The Covid-19 death toll crossed the 12,000-mark in Bangladesh on May 11.
With the new cases, the total caseload rose to 8,22,849, said the Directorate General of Health Services.
