Cold Wave: Forecast grim for the days ahead
The cold wave shook much of the country for the fourth consecutive day yesterday disrupting daily life of many.
Met office yesterday forecast rainfall across the country from Wednesday to Friday followed by another spell of a cold wave from Saturday.
“Although the temperature has risen slightly, the cold seemed more biting due to the absence of sunlight,” said Monowar Hossain, a meteorologist at the Bangladesh Meteorological Department, adding that the condition would prevail until the end of the next cold wave.
Meanwhile, at least five people died in Moulvibazar’s Kamalganj upazila in the last two days allegedly due to health complications aggravated by the cold weather while several thousand others across the country sought medical attention for cold-related diseases.
The deceased are Rakhal Chasha, 46, and Dangama Kurmi, 60, Buleshwari Turia, 45, and Hariya Bin, 60, and Anjub Ali.
Kamalganj Upazila Nirbahi Officer Ashekul Haque confirmed the death incidents to The Daily Star.
“All of them died from severe cold as they had a lack of warm clothing,” Sitaram Bin, UP member of Shamshernagar union told our Moulvibazar correspondent.
The number of patients took treatment at the hospitals across the country yesterday dropped slightly to 4,254 from 4,556 a day before, according to the control room of the Directorate General of Health Services.
Of them, 720 were admitted for acute respiratory infection, 1,741 for diarrhoea, and 1,793 for other ailments, including fever, dysentery, and jaundice.
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