Dhaka, Dec. 26 -- The feeling of cold has intensified across Bangladesh over the last five days, mainly due to a slump in day temperature, up to 8degC, as the country approaches its coldest winter month -- January.

The Bangladesh Meteorological Department said the temperature drop was driven by dense fog restricting sunlight hours during the day to only two to three hours from six to eight hours, bdnews24.com repots.

"This is happening because of transboundary fog stretching from Delhi in India to Bangladesh," meteorologist AKM Nazmul Hoque said.

Moderate to thick fog may continue to occur across Bangladesh, especially between night and morning hours, through Friday, a bulletin released by the BMD at 6:00 pm on Thursday warned.

Nazmul...