DHAKA, Jan 23 (NNN-BSS) – The Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, recorded the lowest temperature of the season yesterday, as the mercury dipped to a chilling 12.3 degrees Celsius.
A light to moderate cold is currently sweeping through parts of Bangladesh, which has tropical monsoon-type climate, with a hot and rainy summer and a dry winter.
Meteorologist, Omar Faruk, told media that, temperature in Dhaka was recorded at 12.3 degrees yesterday morning, 2.1 degrees less, as compared to the day before.
According to the official, this marked the lowest temperature of the winter season in the city.
The Bangladesh Meteorological Department forecast a potential further drop of one to two degrees, in Dhaka’s nighttime temperature.
It said that, the mercury plunged to its lowest 8.1 degrees in Naogaon district, in northern Bangladesh, yesterday.
Due to dense fog, sunlight in northern Bangladesh districts was completely absent, while cars and buses were running by switching on headlights in the day.
The severe cold brought normal life and businesses to almost a standstill, in parts of Bangladesh, specially in the northern region facing the Himalayan mountains.– NNN-BSS
