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Chuadanga and Gopalganj have been shivering as a cold wave coupled with wind is sweeping the districts.
Chuadanga weather office recorded the country’s lowest temperature at 10.2 degrees Celsius in Chuadanga and nearby Gopalganj district on Thursday.
Vehicles were seen moving with headlights on Thursday morning to avoid accident due to poor visibility, taking time to reach destinations.
The low-income people, day labourers are the worst sufferers amid the knee-shaking cold as they have to move out of home to earn bread.
Rakibul Hasan, senior observer at Chuadanga First Class Weather Observatory Office, said the humidity in the wind was 97 per cent at 9am.
He said cold may increase in the next few days, reports UNB.