Expect some reprieve from the searing heat, as the weather department has predicted showers across Bangladesh in the next 24 hours.
Showers are likely in the next 24 hours at many places in Chittagong division; at a few places in Dhaka, Mymensingh, Barisal and Sylhet divisions; and at one or two places in Rajshahi, Rangpur and Khulna divisions, the Bangladesh Meteorological Department said in its bulletin on Friday morning.
Moderately heavy showers are likely to occur at isolated places across the country.
Meanwhile, the mild to moderate heatwave conditions prevailing in Rangpur, Rajshahi and Sylhet divisions and in the districts of Dhaka,Tangail, Rangamati, Comilla, Chandpur, Feni and Chuadanga may continue, as per the bulletin.
But at the end of the next 72 hours, rainfall activity is likely to increase over the country, said Meteorologist Md Monwar Hossain.
The highest temperature in the country was recorded in Rajshahi at 39°C in the 24 hours to 6am on Friday.
