Three people died from heat stroke in Chuadanga, Gazipur and Pabna districts respectively on Saturday as the country continues to experience a heat wave for the past few days, forcing the authorities concerned to close all schools, madrasas and colleges till April 27.
The deceased were identified as Jakir Hossain, 33, son of Amir Hossain of Thakurpur village under Damurhuda upazila of Chuadanga, Sukumar Das, 60, a resident of Shalgaria Jakir intersection in Pabna district town and a mentally challenged young man Sohail Rana, son of Abdur Razzak of Enayetpur area of Gazipur City Corporation.
Amir Hossain said his son Jakir went to a cropland to irrigate in the village in the morning. After around one hour, they came to know that Jakir fell sick due to the heat.
Later, he breathed his last on the way to Damurhuda Upazila Health Complex, said the father.
The health complex’s Resident Medical Officer D Mohibullah said they heard that a farmer died from the heat stroke while working in the cropland.
Pabna General Hospital’s on-duty physician Dr Zahedul Islam said Sukumar suddenly fell sick amid the scorching heat while taking tea at a tea stall in the city’s Rupkotha intersection at noon.
Later, locals rushed him to the hospital where physicians declared him dead upon arrival, he said.
In Gazipur, Sohail Rana, the mentally challenged young man died of heat stroke on Jailkhana Road, Konabari, Gazipur City Corporation.KM Ashraf Uddin, officer-in-charge of Konabari Police Station, said that his body was recovered on Saturday afternoon and sent to Shahid Tajuddin Ahmed Medical College Hospital mortuary for post-mortem.
As temperatures kept soaring to unprecedented heights, Jessore on Saturday recorded the highest temperature of the country at 42.6°C.
The Met office on Friday issued a 72-hour countrywide heat alert.
The heatwave condition will remain unchanged for the five days commencing at 9am on Saturday, the Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) forecast.
Our Pabna Correspondent Md Emroz Khandaker contributed to the report.
