The first spell of shivering cold paralyzed normal movement of the people across the country creating serious sufferings, particularly in rural areas.
According to the Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) monthly outlook for January published on Wednesday, the entire country, particularly northern region, is reeling under a sharp drop in temperature as the sun appears lately due to dense fog.
BMD forecasted that one to two moderate to severe cold waves are likely to take place over west, northwest, north and northeastern parts of the country in the current month of January.
Besides, people may witness two to three mild to moderate cold waves elsewhere over the country in January.
The first spell of shivering cold paralyzed normal movement of the people across the country creating serious sufferings, particularly in rural areas.
According to the Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) monthly outlook for January published on Wednesday, the entire country, particularly northern region, is reeling under a sharp drop in temperature as the sun appears lately due to dense fog.
BMD forecasted that one to two moderate to severe cold waves are likely to take place over west, northwest, north and northeastern parts of the country in the current month of January.
Besides, people may witness two to three mild to moderate cold waves elsewhere over the country in January.
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus today inaugurated the health card distribution programme of the Ministry of Health to ensure free health treatment to the victims of the July uprising in the country all public hospitals.
The chief adviser inaugurated the programme at the State Guest House Jamuna here this evening.
Prof Yunus handed over health cards to two students, who were injured in the uprising at the function.
The injured who received the health cards are Ifat Hossain, a student of Narsingdi United College, and Israt Jahan Emu, a student of the Disaster Management Department at Dhaka University.
Primary and secondary level students today, the first day of the New Year, got over six crore copies of new textbooks at free of cost across the country.
On the first day of the year, 6 crore 8 lakh 19 thousand and 44 books were distributed nationwide simultaneously in primary and secondary schools. Of these, 441 books at primary and secondary school levels have been revised.
Out of nine crore six lakh 40 thousand and 415 textbooks in Bengali and English versions for classes one to five and for ethnic groups, a total of four crore 63 lakh 86 thousand 887 have been distributed so far this year.