United News of Bangladesh

The northern bordering district of Lalmonirhat has been shivering amid the severe cold as the sunlight wasn’t seen for the past four days, disrupting daily life. People aren’t coming out of their houses unless there is an emergency as the fog has been spawning drizzle since Thursday morning. Cold-stricken people are trying to keep them warm by burning straws in open spaces and the severity of the cold coupled with thick fog aggravates after the evening. The poor visibility caused the thin presence of vehicles on the streets while some transports were seen moving with headlights on to ward off any unwanted incident. Read: Severe cold grips Kurigram; low-income people hit hard The adverse weather has left farmers worried over the seedbeds of crops such potato, garlic, and Boro paddy. Mostafizar Rahman, officer-in-charge of Rangpur regional weather office, said they recorded the lowest temperature at 14.2 degree Celsius in the district among seven districts under the office at 9am on Friday. The temperature fluctuated between 12.00 to 12.06 degree Celsius over the past three days except today (Friday), he said.

Brace for chilly weather and fog, as the weather office has predicted rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty winds in different parts of the country in the next 24 hours. "Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at many places over Rangpur, Rajshahi, Mymensingh and Sylhet divisions and at one or two places over Khulna & Dhaka divisions," the Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) said in a bulletin on Thursday. Read: People shiver as cold wave persists in Bangladesh At the same time, the weather may remain mainly dry with partly cloudy sky elsewhere over the country. Besides, moderate to thick fog may occur at places over the river basins of the southern part of the country and light fog may occur elsewhere during midnight to morning. Night and day temperatures may remain nearly unchanged over the country, according to the bulletin. Trough of low lies over the North Bay, while the seasonal low lies over the South Bay, it said. The country's lowest temperature was recorded at 8.5 degrees Celsius in Tetulia of Rangpur division.