The ongoing spell of mild cold wave sweeping across the country may linger for the next couple of days, increasing the cold-related diseases and disrupting the communications.
Many people have already been admitted to hospitals with cold-related diseases, including respiratory disease and diarrhoea amid falling temperatures in parts of the country.
Two international flights made emergency landing at Osmani International Airport in Sylhet on Saturday after failing to land at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka due to dense fog.
People of the country, especially in the northern part, have been experiencing severe cold for the last couple of days that has thrown normal life out of gear.
Day labourers, children, and the elderly are the worst sufferers of the shivering cold as the bone-chilling cold wave along with moderate to thick fog continues to blanket the sunlight, particularly from midnight to morning.
A mild cold wave is sweeping some northern districts of the country and it may spread, Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) said on Saturday.
According to the regular weather bulletin, “Mild cold wave is sweeping over Naogaon, Dinajpur and Moulvibazar districts and it may spread.”
The lowest temperature in the country was recorded at 9.5 degrees Celsius in Sreemangal of Moulvibazr on Saturday while the highest temperature 27.5 degrees Celsius was recorded in Chattogram’s Sitakunda and Sandwip upazilas, Feni and Cox’s Bazar districts, reads the bulletin.
Temperature between 8 to 10 degrees Celsius is considered a mild cold wave, 6 to 8 degrees Celsius a moderate cold wave, and less than 6 degrees Celsius a severe cold wave.
Moderate to thick fog may occur over the country during midnight to morning and it may continue till noon at places.
The BMD forecast that weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country.
Night and day temperatures may fall slightly over the country, reads the bulletin.
