Country shivers as mercury stays low
Even though just a few feet away, two locals in Lalmonirhat Sadar upazila’s Roypara village are barely visible because of the thick fog that covered the area like a blanket yesterday morning. Photo: S Dilip Roy Staff Correspondent Staff Correspondent
Bitter cold coupled with fog has been disrupting people s daily lives across the country.
People of low-income group are facing double blow as they have to go out for work amid bone-chilling cold.
The lowest temperature 7.0 degrees Celsius was recorded at Rajarhat of Kurigram and Tentulia of Panchagarh yesterday. Mild to moderate cold wave is sweeping over Rangpur division and the regions of Gopalganj, Sitakunda, Feni, Sreemangal, Pabna, Badalgachhi, Jashore, Kumarkhali, Chuadanga, Barishal and Bhola, said a weather bulletin.