Low-income workers bear brunt of freezing cold

Temperature fell to 5.8 degrees Celsius in Tentulia of Panchagarh yesterday, this winter’s lowest in the country.

A cold wave has gripped the country, including the capital Dhaka, as temperatures plunged to record lows for the season

Dhaka dwellers experienced chilly weather yesterday as the mercury plunged to 12.1 degrees Celsius, the lowest in the capital this winter.

All government primary schools will now start at 10:00am. Earlier, the timing was from 9:00am.

A mild cold wave is currently affecting several districts across the Dhaka, Rangpur, and Rajshahi divisions, and this weather pattern is expected to persist, according to the BMD’s weather bulletin for the next 72 hours from 9:00am yesterday.

It’s a cold wave and it will pass, but until then, parents know full well what havoc it can wreak on the lives of young kids. The weak sun and the still, unhealthy air can cause blocked sinuses, congested chests, and runny noses. Come the school season, parents are concerned about the frigid morning temperatures and how to keep children as warm as possible.

The daily life is being disrupted as a cold spell accompanied by cool winds and dense fog has gripped various regions of the country

A mid cold wave may hit the northwestern and western parts of Bangladesh tomorrow, and it may continue for the next one or two days, according to the latest bulletin of Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD)

A shivering cold coupled with dense fog pummelled the country, disrupting daily activities and communications by roads, rivers and air and spreading winter-related diseases.

A mild cold wave is sweeping across Rajshahi, Pabna, Dinajpur, Panchagarh, Nilphamari, Jashore, Chuadanga and Kushtia districts and it may continue, Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) said this morning.

Heavy fog has disrupted flight operations at the Dhaka airport over the past several days, causing passengers to suffer.

The cold wave sweeping over the country is likely to linger one or two more days.

A mild cold wave is likely to sweep over the western parts of the country in the next 72 hours, forecasts Bangladesh Meteorological Department.