Heatwave

A weather map measuring temperatures shows the impact of heatwaves across South Asia on 21 April. Orange and dark orange indicate a range from 30 to 40 degree Celsius. PHOTO: WINDY.COM
Panorama

Asia burning: From El nino 'frying pan' to climate change 'fire'

Bangladesh, along with the entire South- and Southeast Asia, is experiencing extreme heat - despite El Nino weakening. Is it the human-made global warming that is amplifying the ongoing drought?

'Closest to the sun': Why Chuadanga so hot in April?
Bangladesh

'Closest to the sun': Why Chuadanga so hot in April?

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Bangladesh

Load-shedding hits 1,000MW amid soaring demand spurred by heatwave

File Photo: Syed Zakir Hossain/TBS
Health

Summer heat: The do's and don'ts for diabetic patients

Professor Dr Ahmad Kamruzzaman Majumder
Thoughts

Heatwave alert: Dhaka's scorching situation and long-term environmental destruction

Rickshaw pullers take rest beside a tree in the capital's Manik Mia Avenue noon as a mild heatwave sweeps over the country. File Photo: Syed Zakir Hossain/TBS
Environment

Rickshaw puller dies in Dhaka from suspected heatstroke

Representational image. Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

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
Bangladesh

Day labourers toil as mercury rising

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Health

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
Bangladesh

Prolonged heatwave hits life, economy

Infographic: TBS
Economy

Industries hit by drop in workers presence, productivity amid heatwave

Representational Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

Heatwave: 3 more said to die from heatstroke

Representational Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

ICDDR,B issues health guidelines centring heatwave