<span style="color: black;">The Government of Bangladesh has decided to extend the ongoing closure of the educational institutions in the country till October 3.<br />'' <br />''The decision was taken in a meeting of the ministry of education presided over by the Minister Dipu Moni.<br />'' <br />''A press release issued by the Ministry said that the concerned departments will also prepare a proposal for an alternative assessment method if the Corona situation continues to prevail in the country. <br />'' <br />''The decision has been taken to ensure the safety of students in view of the continuing Corona pandemic.<br />'' <br />''The educational institutions have been closed since March 17 after the first Corona Positive case was detected in Bangladesh on March 8. <br />'' <br />''In the meanwhile, the country reported 45 deaths and 2436 corona positive cases in the last 24 hours since Wednesday afternoon.<br />'' <br />''During the same period 3275 people recovered from infection.<br />'' <br />''This is the third consecutive day when recoveries have been significantly higher than the number of fresh Corona positive cases leading to a decline in active cases in the country. Recovery rate has steadily moved up to 63.52 percent.<br />'' <br />''As on Thursday, the death toll due to Corona in Bangladesh stands at 4127 and the total number of infected people is over 3.04 lakh.<br />'' <br />''In a related development, the government of Bangladesh on Thursday approved the phase 3 trial of the Chinese Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine.<br />'' <br />''Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque announced in Dhaka that the approval for phase-3 human trial of the vaccine has been given after examining all necessary research protocols.<br />'' <br />''Earlier, the regulatory body Bangladesh Medical Research Council (BMRC) had extended 'ethical approval' for the phase-3 human trial of the Sinovac vaccine on July 19.</span><br />