<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>Biting cold gripped Sreemangal as the lowest temperature in the country this season was recorded at 5.6 degrees Celsius in the upazila in the 24 hours to Friday morning.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The lowest temperature in Sreemangal was recorded at 2.8 degrees Celsius on February 4 in 1968, Mujibur Rahman, an officer at the Srimangal weather monitoring station, said.</div><div><br></div><div>Temperature between 8 to 10 degrees Celsius is considered a mild cold wave, 6 to 8 degrees Celsius a moderate cold wave and less than 6 degrees Celsius a severe cold wave.</div><div><br></div><div>Severe cold with frosty winds and dense fog is disrupting daily life in Sreemangal. The low-income people who get by working every day are being hit hardest.</div><div><br></div><div>Many were seen making fires along the roadsides to keep warm. Most people are staying home unless there is an emergency.</div><div><br></div><div>Also, the number of diarrhoea and pneumonia patients – mostly children and elderly – is increasing in the hospitals of Moulvibazar, district Civil Surgeon Dr Chowdhury Jalal Uddin Murrshed said.</div><div><br></div><div>A mild to moderate cold wave is sweeping Rangpur division; Faridpur, Madaripur, Gopalganj, Rajshahi, Pabna, Naogaon, Sirajganj, Sreemangal, Rangamati, Cumilla, Feni, Brahmanbaria, Jashore, Chuadanga, Kushtia, Barishal, and Bhola districts and it may continue, the BMD said this morning.</div><div><br></div><div>Also, moderate to thick fog may envelop the river basins and light to moderate fog may occur elsewhere from midnight to morning, reports UNB.</div><div><br></div><div>The BMD also said, "The weather may remain dry with a temporary partly cloudy sky over the country. Night and day temperatures may remain nearly unchanged."</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>