A severe heatwave is sweeping Khulna division and Rajshahi, Pabna, and Tangail districts, according to the Bangladesh Meteorological Department.
The heatwave condition will remain unchanged for the five days commencing 9am on Saturday, it predicted.
The country’s highest temperature was recorded in Chuadanga at 41.3°C on Friday. The district also experienced the season’s highest temperature in the previous three days.
A mild to moderate heat wave is sweeping Barisal division, the rest of Dhaka and Rajshahi divisions, and Chandpur and Moulvibazar districts and it may continue, it said.
Besides, rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind are likely to occur at one or two places over Mymensingh, Sylhet, and Chittagong divisions with hail at isolated places.
The weather may remain mainly dry with a temporary partly cloudy sky elsewhere in the country.
Day and night temperatures may rise slightly over the country. Due to the increased moisture incursion, the discomfort may increase.
A trough of westerly low lies over West Bengal and adjoining area.