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Biting cold grips country

Staff Correspondent
Thick layers of clouds shrouded most parts of the country's skies as cold winds coupled with drizzles yesterday wrought misery in people's lives across the country, especially in the northern region.
Though a pale wintry sun peeped through the clouds for some moments, many people chose to remain indoors to avoid the chilly weather. Outbreaks of cold diseases continued to spread pushing further up the number of patients at hospitals and clinics in the capital as well as other places
The weathermen said the situation would improve today only to welcome first cold wave in this season.
"It happened due to conjugation of easterly trough and westerly low. A mild cold wave may occur when this situation is over," Samarendra Karmakar, the director of the met office, said.
The lowest temperature in the country was recorded at 8.7 degrees Celsius in Srimangal. Meanwhile, the mercury dipped as low as 12.4 degrees in the capital yesterday.
Though the light drizzle in the capital was intermittent, the commuters in the city had trouble finding vehicles as CNG-run three-wheelers and rickshaws on the roads were few in number.
Most of the malls and kitchen markets had a bad day as very few ventured to go shopping. Those who live in the open air and cannot afford warm clothing suffered the most.
The met office forecasted that drizzling may occur today as well in many places of Rajshahi, Dhaka. Khulna and Sylhet and some places in Barisal and Chittagong divisions.
However, it said that the situation is improving fast.
People from many places including Satkhira, Mymensingh, Tangail, Faridpur, Khulna. Jessore, Ishwardi, Rajshahi, Bogra, Rangpur and Dinajpur, experienced drizzling. Life and trade in the districts were severely hampered due to rain and frigid temperatures. Day labourers and the rickshaw pullers had difficulty continuing their jobs.
Our Rajshahi Correspondent reports: Chilly winds and drizzles along with dense fog and clouds preventing sunlight disrupted life in Rajshahi yesterday again after three days.
The frosty weather particularly affected the poor people who have to go out for earning daily bread.
The children were rushed to local hospitals and clinics in increasing number with attacks of pneumonia, other respiratory diseases and cold diarrhoea symptoms as the wintry weather persisted.
Traffic was very thin on the roads and markets had a very bad day as very’ few people dared going out.
BSS reports that moderate rainfall in between 20 and 40 millimetres were reported from many places in Joypurhat, Dinajpur, Naogaon and Bogra.