<div style="text-align: justify; "><b>Jashore and Chuadanga districts recorded the lowest temperature in Bangladesh, at 7.8 degree Celsius, in 24 hours till this morning as a mild cold wave is sweeping across the country.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Chuadanga has been recording the lowest temperatures for the third consecutive day, said Rakibul Hasan, officer-in-charge of Chuadanga's local meteorological office.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">“This situation will remain for a day or two. The temperature may drop further,” he added.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Dhaka recorded 12.3 degree Celsius during this period.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">A mild to moderate cold wave is sweeping over Rajshahi and Rangpur divisions and the districts of Tangail, Faridpur, Manikganj, Jashore, Chuadanga, Satkhira and Kushtia and it may continue, Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) said this morning.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Besides, moderate to thick fog may occur over the country from midnight to morning, and it may continue till noon at places.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Night temperature may remain nearly unchanged and day temperature may rise slightly over the country. Due to the reduced difference between day and night temperature, moderate to severe cold conditions are likely over the country, it added.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy skies over the country.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">A biting cold spell has also continued to sweep across Kurigram. The district recorded 8.6 degree Celsius temperature in 24 hours till this morning, said Kurigram's Rajarhat Agricultural Meteorological Office's Meteorological Observer Tuhin Miah.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Due to the downtrend in the temperature, the people of char areas of 16 rivers including Brahmaputra, Dharla, Teesta and Dudhkumar are facing difficulties.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Also, the number of diarrhoea and pneumonia patients – mostly children and the elderly – is increasing in hospitals of Kurigram, said Kurigram General Hospital’s resident physician Dr Shahinur Rahman Shipon. - UNB</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/fas</div>