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Lowest temperature in 45 years

 

Daily Star Online Report: Wednesday, January 9, 2013

 

Parents lie with their sick children on the floor at a ward in Pabna Medical College Hospital as the number of admissions goes up due to the countrywide cold spell on Wednesday. Photo: STARStar Online Report
Parents lie with their sick children on the floor at a ward in Pabna Medical College Hospital as the number of admissions goes up due to the countrywide cold spell on Wednesday. Photo: STARStar Online Report

The country has been experiencing its record lowest temperature since 1968 as mercury dipped to 3.2 degrees Celsius in Dinajpur on Wednesday.
The mercury dipped to 2.8 degrees Celsius in Srimangal 45 years ago, said Arif Hossain, an assistant meteorologist of Bangladesh Meteorological Department. Continue reading “Lowest temperature in 45 years”