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Mercury dips to 6ºC as sun hides in fog

Eight more die in Pabna

STAFF CORRESPONDENT
Temperature hit a low, as the mercury dipped to six degrees Celsius, said a weathercast yesterday.
The so-far-lowest temperature this winter has been recorded at six degrees Celsius in Syedpur and at 10.7 in the capital.
Earlier, Srimangal recorded temperature as low as 2.8 on February 4, 1968 and the capital 4.5 on February 18, 1953.
Meanwhile, eight people died from cold in Pabna in the last 48 hours until 6.00pm yesterday.
Reports said many deaths from cold, especially in river basins, were not reported. Thick fog and chilling weather made travelling to the places difficult.
The capital recorded temperature low at 6.4 on January 4, 1978, 6.5 on January 3, 1995, 6.8 on January 13, 1989 and 7.2 on January 22, 1993.
The meteorological office forecast a further fall of one to two degrees Celsius in temperature in 24 hours from 6.00pm yesterday, particularly in northern and northwestern regions.
The met office also predicted thick fog in many places of Rajshahi and Khulna divisions and some regions of Tangail during the period. Cold wave is likely to sweep across the same regions and some parts of Mymensingh for the next three days, the weathercast added.
Our correspondent, Nishith Ranjan Saha in Pabna, reported that eight people, including two children, died from cold in 48 hours until 6.00pm yesterday, raising the death toll to 32 in the district.
Eight-month-old Rafel died Wednesday night in Kyodanga village under Bhangura Upazila and
one-year-old Zahid died the same day in Mathurapur village under Chatmahar Upazila.
Fazlul, 55, died Wednesday in Manikdia village under Sujanagar Upazila, and Mintu, 65, died yesterday in Shalgaria under Pabna Sadar.
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Forty-year-old Islam Mollah died yesterday in Charashdirajpur village. In Iswardi, a 75-year-old man (name unknown), Fatema, 65, and Maiful, 70, died on Wednesday night.
The correspondent also said relief was inadequate and most people in char areas did not get any warm clothes distributed by the district administration.
Hundreds of people, most of them with cold-related ailments, were admitted to various health centres in the district.
Cold-related diseases are on the rise in the capital as well. Hundreds of people are reported to have been hospitalised over the last couple of days. They complained of throat infection, headache and pneumonia.
The children with pneumonia are the worst affected. According to sources, several children, especially newborns, have been admitted to hospitals in the past few days.
The BSS reported 31 deaths from cold in three districts in the last 36 hours.
The news agency reported that life in Joypurhat, Panchagarh, Dinajpur, Kurigram, Rangpur, Lalmonirhat, Nilphamari, Gaibandha and Bogra came to a standstill.