Bone-chilling cold grips country

The shivering cold disrupted normal movement of the people across the country creating serious sufferings, particularly in rural areas.

The cold weather has been difficult particularly for low-income, laboring individuals.

The temperature was recorded at 15.6°C at 6am on Sunday (January 5). People heading for their work stations are in trouble due to dense fog since the early hours of today. However, around 8:45 am, the sun appeared in the sky of Dhaka as the fog started to vanish.

According to the Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD), today the weather is likely to remain dry across the country with partly cloudy sky. Air navigation, inland river transport and road communication may be temporarily hampered due to dense fog. Day and night temperatures may increase slightly across the country.

The entire country, particularly northern region, is reeling under a sharp drop in temperature as the sun appears lately due to dense fog.

Many people, mostly children and elderly, are affected by different cold related diseases in different parts of the country due to the prevailing cold wave.

According to hospital sources, a good number of people, mostly children and elderly people, were admitted to the health centres with cold related diseases.

Thick fogs caused by the cold weather widely disrupted communication systems slowing down speeds of vehicles on highways because of the visibility problems.

Due to dense fog and bitter cold, villagers are facing more sufferings than those who are living in towns.

The bone-chilling cold wave has left daily wage earners, workers and destitute people in trouble. As the winter has intensified across the country, people are rushing to the warm clothe shops.

The low-income people have suffered greatly due to the drop in temperature. The lowest temperature recorded in Tetulia of Rangpur Division yesterday was 9.4 degrees Celsius.

Vehicles are moving slowly on the Jamuna Bridge West Link Highway and regional roads at night and using headlights in the early morning due to dense fog.