Bangladesh, Jan. 19 -- After witnessing the six-week long bone-chilling cold, the mercury started rising suddenly in the city and elsewhere in the country over the last two days.
If such ups and downs in temperature prevail, it could hamper some Rabi (winter) crops including wheat, potato, oil seeds, spices, Boro seed-beds and some vegetables, said agronomists.
The maximum temperature of the country was recorded at 31 degrees Celsius in Cox's Bazar on the day, the highest this winter. The minimum temperature was recorded at 11.3 degrees Celsius in Srimangal on the day.
Dhaka city witnessed on the day the highest temperature of 29.6 degrees Celsius in last one and a half months. Its minimum temperature was recorded at 16 degrees Celsius o...