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Expect some reprieve from the searing heat, as the weather department has predicted showers across Bangladesh in the next 24 hours.
“Showers are likely in the next 24 hours at many places over Chattogram division; at a few places over Dhaka, Mymensingh, Barishal and Sylhet divisions; and at one or two places over Rajshahi, Rangpur and Khulna divisions,” the Met department said in its bulletin on Friday morning.
Moderately heavy showers are likely to occur at isolated places over the country.
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Meanwhile, mild to moderate heatwave conditions prevailing in Rangpur, Rajshahi and Sylhet divisions and in the districts of Dhaka,Tangail, Rangamati, Cumilla, Chandpur, Feni and Chuadanga may continue, as per the bulletin.
“But at the end of the next 72 hours, rainfall activity is likely to increase over the country," said Md Monwar Hossain, a meteorologist with the department.
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The highest temperature in the country was recorded at Rajshahi at 39 degrees Celsius in the last 24 hours till 6am on Friday.