Cold, fog increase in Panchagarh

Country’s northernmost district Panchagarh is experiencing thick fog and cold as the temperature continues to decrease with the onset of winter.

The lowest temperature was recorded in Tetulia on Thursday.

Minimum temperature was recorded 10.4 degrees Celsius at Tetulia at 9am.

Russell Shah, officer-in-charge (OC) of Tetulia Meteorological Observatory, said Panchagarh’s Tetulia recorded lowest temperature at 11 degrees Celsius at 6am.

At the same time on Wednesday, country’s minimum temperature was recorded at 12.3 degrees Celsius at Tetulia.

The roads continue to be covered in fog all day, and people can only see the sun for a moment in the afternoon. The temperature starts to drop as evening falls.

The thick fog causes people on the roads to get wet, so they burn straws to keep themselves warm. The poor are unable to get out of their houses.