A child, on his father's lap, is well-shielded against the cold wave now sweeping over the country. This photograph was taken from Luxmibazar in Dhaka on Sunday. — FE photo by Shafiqul Alam The cold wave sweeping over the country may continue until tomorrow (Tuesday) while the chilling condition is likely to improve from January 10, according to an official at the Met office, reports BSS.
"The severe cold wave is sweeping over Rajshahi, Pabna, Dinajpur and Kushtia regions and it may continue for the next two days," Nijhum Rokeya Ahmed, a meteorologist at Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD), said on Sunday morning.
Sunday's minimum temperature was 5.1 degrees Celsius at Dinajpur.
The mild to moderate cold wave, sweeping over Dhaka, Mymensingh and Barisal divisions and the remaining parts of Rajshahi, Rangpur and Khulna divisions and the regions of Srimangal and Sitakunda, is also likely to continue, she said. The weather may start returning to normal from January 10.
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