The ongoing severe heatwave is likely to continue in four districts and a mild to moderate heatwave in parts of the country, a Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) release said Monday.
A severe heatwave is sweeping over the districts of Rajshahi, Pabna, Jashore and Chuadanga and a mild to moderate heat wave over Dhaka division, the remaining part of Rajshahi and Khulna divisions and the districts of Rangpur, Dinajpur, Nilphamari, Patuakhali and it may continue, said the weather bulletin issued for the next 24 hours commencing at 9:00am Monday.
Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is also likely to occur at one or two places over Mymensingh and Sylhet divisions.
The weather may remain mainly dry with a temporary partly cloudy sky elsewhere over the country.
However, day and night temperatures may remain nearly unchanged over the country.
The country's maximum temperature on Sunday was recorded at 41.0 degrees Celsius at Rajshahi and Monday's minimum temperature was 20.5 degrees Celsius at Sylhet.
The highest rainfall in the last 24 hours as of 6:00am Monday was recorded at 44 millimetres (mm) at Sylhet.
The sun sets at 6:24pm Monday and rises at 5:28am Tuesday in the capital.
