A mild to moderate heat wave is sweeping over 14 districts including Dhaka and it may continue, Met office said today.
This year, the hot weather season will see "above-normal" maximum temperatures over most parts of the country, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said in a forecast late Monday
Dhaka stares down a fiery future, one choked by relentless heat. But there is hope.
During rainy summer days, followed by immediate heatwaves - cotton, khadi, and linen are good options to pick from.
Globally, the environment is changing very rapidly, and one of its effects is the change in atmospheric temperature. In the last few decades, we did not face such hot and humid weather. Nowadays, temperatures surge up to 41–42°C, and due to high
In the sweltering heat of a Bangladeshi summer, our bodies crave something different. Rather than sticking to our usual diet, one needs to bring change in their food habits.
A light rain drenched the capital this morning, offering city dwellers some respite from scorching heat
In response to global warming, human beings have been forced to adapt. One way to adapt to extreme heat events is to install air conditioning in homes and public buildings around the world. There is no doubt it can be lifesaving when the temperature rises. It also has some other health effects.
You might be asking yourself, “Why do some people love summer?” Given the heatwaves throughout the country, you have every right to ask. Now, let's delve into three of the hottest days ever recorded on Earth. This isn't going to make you feel better about the ongoing heatwave, but you are likely to be relieved after knowing that some people have seen worse.
An intense heatwave kills at least 14 people over a three-day long weekend in Japan, media reports, and high temperatures hamper the recovery in flood-hit areas where more than 200 people died last week.
With a heat wave sweeping the country for weeks, school-going children are falling sick due to the scorching summer sun.
The ongoing heat wave which is sweeping across the country shall continue for at least three or four more days, the Met office says.
With a heat wave sweeping across the country, several hundred diarrhoea patients have been admitted to hospitals across the country.
Italy's farm animals are being given showers, fans and air conditioning in their stalls to try to keep them cool during the current heatwave there.
The death toll from a heatwave in Pakistan's southern Sindh province passes 800, hospital officials say, as mortuaries reached capacity.
More than 120 people have died during a heatwave in Pakistan's southern Sindh province.
Delhi, surrounding areas wake up to a cooler morning as mercury dropped to around 30°C from weeks of unrelenting temperatures caused by a heat wave that killed over 2,200 people in India.
The massive heatwave sweeping India is starting to ease, with forecasts of rain in some affected states.
Heatwave conditions continue to sweep India where more than 1,100 people have died in the past week, officials say.
