<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Large parts of Bangladesh are in the grip of a blistering heatwave, but expect some respite in the next 24 hours.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) has predicted light to moderate showers across the country in the next 24 hours.</div><div><br></div><div>“Light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at many places over Rangpur, Mymensingh, Dhaka, Barisal, Chittagong and Sylhet divisions and at a few places over Rajshahi and Khulna divisions with moderately heavy to heavy falls at places over the country,” the BMD said in its bulletin on Wednesday.</div><div><br></div><div>A mild heat wave is sweeping over the districts of Rajshahi, Pabna, Rangpur, Dinajpur and Nilphamari and it may abate from some places, according to the weather forecast.</div><div><br></div><div>The axis of the monsoon trough runs through Rajasthan, Hariyana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal to Assam across central parts of Bangladesh. One of its associated troughs extends up to the North Bay.</div><div><br></div><div>Monsoon is fairly active over Bangladesh and moderate over the North Bay, as per the weather department.</div><div><br></div><div>Day and night temperatures may fall slightly over the country. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>