Dhaka, March 11 -- The government expects it will take "another week" to complete the production and distribution of remaining 10.8 textbooks under the national curriculum that have yet to reach students across the country, despite it already being the second week of March.

Mohammad Abul Kalam Azad Majumder, deputy press secretary to the chief advisor, said: "We still have to print 10.85 million books. The government hopes to print and distribute these books within a week. That way, the delay in textbooks will be resolved. All the books will be printed and distributed by mid-March."

He addressed the subject of book printing and distribution at a seminar on Monday at the Foreign Service Academy in Dhaka.

Azad highlighted the delay in bo...