In Moulvibazar district, temperature has dropped again due to cold wave. For the past few days, public life has been disrupted due to thick fog and windy weather. At 9 am on Monday, the minimum temperature was recorded at 8.8 degrees Celsius.
Many people in the district are not leaving the house without special needs due to freezing wind. Cold-hit people are trying to find comfort by burning straw, paper and wood. Due to winter, most of the slum dwellers, tea gardeners, Boro paddy farmers and day laborers have suffered immensely. Regular admission of children and the elderly in different hospitals of the district including the 250-bed Sadar Hospital in Moulvibazar is continuing to rise due to cold-related diseases. Moulvibazar-based Sreemangal Meteorological Officer Anisur Rahman said the minimum temperature was recorded at 8.8 degrees Celsius on Monday, February 7 at 9 am. Mild to moderate cold wave is flowing over the district.