Dhaka (TIP): The authorities in Bangladesh have issued another heatwave alert for three more days from April 28 as the South Asian country is facing its longest heatwave in 75 years. Bangladesh reported the season’s highest temperature at 42.7°C on Friday in the south-western district of Chuadanga. Dhaka’s maximum temperature was 38.2 degrees that day. IANS
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