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Mercury falls across the country

Staff Correspondent
Winter is here. The whole country began to feel the chill as temperatures began falling since yesterday.
Dhaka recorded a temperature of 16.2 degrees Celsius at its lowest, while the lowest of 10.8 degrees Celsius was recorded in Rajarhat in Rangpur division, according to the Met office.
A mild to moderate cold wave is likely to sweep over the northwestern part of the country in the next few days, said meteorologist of Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) Mohammad Aftab Uddin.
"The temperature may fall [by] 1 to 2 degree Celsius more across the country in the next 24 hours," he said yesterday evening.
He added that the fall in temperature would continue till December 21, after which it would begin to rise.
SEE PAGE 10 COL 1Temperatures will again drop after December 26, and the country may face cold wave in January, he said.
The weather may remain dry amid cloudy skies over the country for 24 hours, beginning from 9:00am yesterday, according to BMD.
Moderate to thick fog may form over the northwestern part of the country and light to moderate fog might be seen elsewhere between late night and early morning, a met office release said.
THE CHILL IN THE NORTH
The biting cold which began yesterday affected day-to-day activities in the northern districts, with the chill intensifying as cold wind began descending from the Himalayas.
The sky remained overcast all the day across the region, while fog engulfed eight districts of Rangpur division.
The other low temperatures recorded yesterday were 13.7 in Dinajpur, 13.5 in Syedpur of Nilphamari, 13.2 in Dimla of Nilphamari and 13.3 degrees Celsius in Tetulia of Panchagarh district.
In Panchagarh, the sky remained overcast all day since yesterday morning as cold winds lashed the district.
Khalilur Rahman, a rickshaw-puller in Banglabandha, said his earning had dropped alarmingly as people opted to stay indoors to escape the cold.
Besides, vehicular movement in the district was disrupted by the dense fog.
"This was the first cold-wave like situation in Dinajpur”, said Tofazzal Hossain, in-charge of Dinajpur Meteorological office.
In Rangpur, people thronged markets to purchase warm clothes since yesterday morning. "It | price of clothes] is still cheap, but price may go up anytime due to high demand," said Shahidul Islam of Lalbag area in Rangpur city.
Fazle Rabby, general secretary of Dinajpur Transport Workers Union, said drivers of buses on all the routes were using lights due to thick and moderate fog weather.