Bangladesh again closes schools nationwide due to heatwave

A Bangladeshi court ordered a nationwide shutdown of schools on Monday due to an ongoing heatwave, the day after the government sent millions of children back to class despite searing temperatures.A two judge bench of the High Court passed an order "closing all primary and secondary schools and madrasas... due to the heatwave," deputy attorney general Sheikh Saifuzzaman told AFP.
Saifuzzaman said the court passed the order after it was told by lawyers that several teachers had died in the heatwa

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