As winter weather sets in, the demand for warm clothing has started to rise in Narayanganj, with both city markets and street stalls seeing a boom in sales. The streets and rural areas are now covered in fog, signaling the arrival of colder temperatures. While light fog was observed in urban areas in the morning, it cleared by midday, but the temperature continues to drop, making warm clothes increasingly necessary. Fog shrouds Dhaka; people feel pinch of winter The cold weather has led to a change in people's clothing preferences, with many starting to wear warm items like sweaters, jackets, gloves, earmuffs, and shawls. As a result, the sale of winter clothes has picked up, with small traders setting up stalls along roadsides and in markets across the city, including popular areas like Chashara Hawkers Market, Salimullah Road, Bangabandhu Road, and Shayesta Khan Road. Shops and stalls are now filled with a wide variety of winter clothes for all ages, from children to the elderly. Both new and second-hand clothing is available, with colorful sweaters, jackets, woolen gloves, socks, earmuffs, and more on display. Kurigram battles intense winter, poor desperate for warm clothing Shoppers have been flocking to these markets, especially in the evenings, to buy clothes for themselves and their families. In Chashara, several shops near the Hawkers Market have already started selling winter clothes. Shoppers are roaming through the stalls, picking out items they like, while others continue to compare prices and styles at different shops. Many people are buying clothes for their children, parents, or for themselves. According to the sellers, the evening hours see the highest number of customers. Vendors said that sales are brisk during the early winter, with the demand for warm clothing growing due to the cool weather. However, they note that sales typically slow down as winter progresses. The clothes available in these markets are sourced from various local garment factories, as well as from countries like China and the Philippines. Winter cloth sale rises on Lalmonirhat footpaths Some vendors have informed that their stalls are particularly popular due to the affordable prices. Deep Hossain Fahim, a seller in Chashara, mentioned that velvet T-shirts from China and the Philippines are in high demand, especially among young people. "The sales are good, but we know that towards the end of winter, demand will decrease," he said. Other sellers, like Md. Saiful Islam, offer a variety of winter items, including sweaters, jackets, and full-sleeve T-shirts made of thick fabric. Shimu Akhter, who was at a stall with her mother and daughter, said that the colder weather prompted her to buy winter clothes for her child. "The weather office says it will be colder this year, so I am looking for good winter clothes at affordable prices. The prices here are much lower than in the shopping malls," she added. Another shopper, Jahangir, shared that he prefers buying local winter clothes as he prepares for cold weather abroad. "I lived in Europe for a long time and prefer buying locally made clothes because they are often cheaper and of good quality," he said. Other shoppers, like Lata Debnath and Tasmia Akhter, also expressed satisfaction with the variety and prices of winter clothes available at the stalls on the footpath. Many people are choosing to buy from these stalls, finding good deals and a wide selection of items, compared to the higher prices in bigger stores. Lata Debnath said, "Winter has arrived, and I need to buy warm clothes. I also need to buy clothes for my parents, so I came with my mother to shop." Overall, the winter clothes market in Narayanganj is thriving as people gear up for the colder months, with both large shops and small street vendors contributing to the rise in sales.

The northern border district of Lalmonirhat is experiencing an intense cold spell as dense fog blankets the region, throwing daily life out of gear. Vehicles were seen moving with headlights on to avoid any accident, said transport workers. Until 8 am on Friday, the entire district was shrouded in thick fog and such condition has been seen for the past couple of days. Nirmal Chandra, a rickshaw puller from Dulhali area of Kaliganj, said the past two days had seen heavy fog and amid chilly weather. His income has fallen as many are not venturing out into fog. Jewel Mia, a resident of Kakina under Kaliganj upazila, informed that the bone-biting cold is badly affecting people in char areas (river islands) while many were keeping warm by lighting fires with straw and dried leaves. Local met office predicts that the temperature may drop further as the district is experiencing light rainfall accompanying the fog during the early hours. Read: Cold grips Kurigram as temperature falls amid mounting miseries

Workers on the night shift at Mayfield Consumer Products were in the middle of the holiday rush, cranking out candles, when a tornado closed in on the factory and the word went out: "Duck and cover.” Autumn Kirks pulled down her safety goggles and took shelter, tossing aside wax and fragrance buckets to make room. She glanced away from her boyfriend, Lannis Ward, and when she looked back, he was gone. Gov. Andy Beshear initially said Saturday that only 40 of the 110 people working in the factory at the time were rescued, and that “it’ll be a miracle if anybody else is found alive in it.” But on Sunday, the candle company said that while eight were confirmed dead and eight remained missing, more than 90 others had been located. Dozens of people in several Kentucky counties are still believed to have died in the storms, but Beshear, after saying Sunday morning the state’s toll could exceed 100, said that afternoon it might be as low as 50. Read:Federal anti-terror unit investigated journalists “We are praying that maybe original estimates of those we have lost were wrong. If so, it’s going to be pretty wonderful,” the governor said. Kentucky was the worst-hit state by far in an unusual mid-December swarm of twisters across the Midwest and the South that leveled entire communities and left at least 14 people dead in four other states. At the candle factory, rescuers had to crawl over the dead to get to the living at a disaster scene that smelled like scented candles. But by the time churchgoers gathered Sunday morning to pray for the lost, more than 24 hours had elapsed since anyone had been found alive in the wreckage. Instead, crews recovered pieces of peoples' lives — a backpack, a pair of shoes and a cellphone with 27 missed messages were among the items. Layers of steel and cars 15 feet deep were on top of what used to the factory roof, the governor said. “We’re going to grieve together, we’re going to dig out and clean up together, and we will rebuild and move forward together. We’re going to get through this," Beshear said. “We’re going to get through this together, because that is what we do.” Four twisters hit the state in all, including one with an extraordinarily long path of about 200 miles (322 kilometers), authorities said. The outbreak was all the more remarkable because it came at a time of year when cold weather normally limits tornadoes. Warren County coroner Kevin Kirby said the death toll from the storms in an around Bowling Green grew by one on Sunday to 12. “I’ve got towns that are gone, that are just, I mean gone. My dad’s hometown — half of it isn’t standing," Beshear said of Dawson Springs. He said that going door to door in search of victims is out of the question in the hardest-hit areas: “There are no doors.” “We're going to have over 1,000 homes that are gone, just gone,” the governor said. Read:Kentucky hardest hit as storms leave dozens dead in 5 states With afternoon high temperatures forecast only in the 40s, tens of thousands of people were without power. About 300 National Guard members went house to house, checking on people and helping to remove debris. Cadaver dogs searched for victims. Kirks said she and her boyfriend were about 10 feet apart in a hallway when someone said to take cover. Suddenly, she saw sky and lightning where a wall had been, and Ward had vanished. “I remember taking my eyes off of him for a second, and then he was gone,” she said. Later, she got the terrible news — that Ward had been killed in the storm. “It was indescribable,” Pastor Joel Cauley said of the disaster scene. “It was almost like you were in a twilight zone. You could smell the aroma of candles, and you could hear the cries of people for help. Candle smells and all the sirens is not something I ever expected to experience at the same time.” The outbreak also killed at least six people in Illinois, where an Amazon distribution center in Edwardsville was hit; four in Tennessee; two in Arkansas, where a nursing home was destroyed and the governor said workers shielded residents with their own bodies; and two in Missouri. Debris from destroyed buildings and shredded trees covered the ground in Mayfield, a city of about 10,000 in western Kentucky. Twisted sheet metal, downed power lines and wrecked vehicles lined the streets. Windows were blown out and roofs torn off the buildings that were still standing. In the shadows of their crumpled church sanctuaries, two congregations in Mayfield came together on Sunday to pray for those who were lost. Members of First Christian Church and First Presbyterian Church met in a parking lot surrounded by rubble, piles of broken bricks and metal. “Our little town will never be the same, but we’re resilient,” Laura McClendon said. “We’ll get there, but it’s going to take a long time.”

Dense fog and a cold wave are disrupting everyday life in Kurigram. The sun is hiding behind the clouds for most of the time.

The hustle and bustle of everyday life came to a stop in Kurigram on Friday as a mild cold wave swept across the area. 

A warmer condition for over a week in the country gives an impression that the winter  is going to end but meteorologists say mercury may fall again from Tuesday next.

Thousands of blankets allocated by Education Minister Dipu Moni for the cold-hit poor people of Chandpur Sadar and Haimchar were distributed on Friday.

A mild cold wave sweeping over Rangpur division and the districts of Pabna, Naogaon, Chuadanga and Srimangal, as well as parts of Jashore, is likely to continue, Met office said on Saturday.

Even though the winter is over, 817 people were infected with respiratory problems across the country in the last 24 hours till Monday morning.

Various cold-related diseases affected 3,726 people across the country in the last 24 hours till Wednesday morning.