Mild cold wave sweeps seven districts

A mild cold wave is sweeping over seven districts, Gopalganj, Rajshahi, Pabna, Panchagarh, Jashore, Chuadanga and Kushtia, and it may abate in some places.

In a weather forecast issued on Friday, the Bangladesh Meteorological Department said moderate to thick fog may occur at many places across the country from midnight to Saturday morning and may continue in some areas until noon. Air navigation, inland river transport and road communication may be temporarily disrupted due to thick fog.

The department also forecast that moderate to thick fog may occur in places over river basins and light to moderate fog elsewhere across the country during midnight to morning for three days, from January 4 to January 6.

The lowest temperature in the country on Friday was recorded at 8 degrees Celsius in Jashore, while Dhaka recorded a minimum temperature of 13.3 degrees Celsius.