Extreme Heat

Extreme Heat

Screenshot from Windy showing the heatwave forecast across Bangladesh and nearby regions at 3pm of 29 April 2024

Dhaka experiences excessive heat as temperature peaks at 40.5°C, highest in 58 years

Temperatures are predicted to hit 42-43°C in Jashore, Chuadanga, Jhenaidah, Khulna, Rajshahi, Chapainawabganj, and Pabna districts

Courtesy of this unique act of kindness spreading across the capital, many are finding it a little easier to cope with the ongoing heatwave. Photo: Miraz Hossain

When drinking water becomes a form of charity

Khulna Region. Photo: Google Maps

Water crisis adds to woes of Khulna residents amid extreme heat

Representational image of school children. File photo: Collected

Primary schools to reopen Sunday; heatwave guidelines issued

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Rains likely to drench Ctg and Sylhet divisions next 24 hours

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Met office issues heat alert for another 72 hours

Braving the blistering heat, farmers work at a soybean field in Raipur of Lakshmipur on Friday. Farmers in many parts of the country have reduced their working hours to avoid working at noon, due to intense heat, as the heat wave has spread over the country’s 43 districts. Photo: TBS

Day labourers toil as mercury rising

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Heatwave causes nationwide patient surge, children most vulnerable

A herd of buffalo at Kathgor area of Patenga in Chattogram on Sunday. Buffaloes in the Patenga coast area are facing a severe food crisis as grasses are drying up due to the prevailing heat wave in parts of the country. Photo: Mohammad Minhaj Uddin

Prolonged heatwave hits life, economy

FILE PHOTO: Pedestrians cross a road on a hot day amid an orange alert for heatwave, in Beijing, China June 16, 2023. REUTERS/Florence Lo/File Photo

China logs 52.2 Celsius as extreme weather rewrites records

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Rising temperatures spell trouble for urban diabetes patients: Threat of heightened risk

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South Asia at most risk from extreme heat: World Bank

People sit in the shade as temperatures hit a record 45.4 degrees Celsius (113.7 Fahrenheit) in Bangkok, Thailand, April 21, 2023. REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa

Thai authorities issue extreme heat warnings for dozens of provinces