Bangladesh reopens schools despite heat alert

By Agence France-Presse

Apr 29, 2024 12:08 am

DHAKA: Millions of students returned to their reopened schools across Bangladesh Sunday despite a lingering heat wave that prompted a nationwide classroom shutdown order last weekend.

Average maximum temperatures in the capital Dhaka over the past week have been 4 to 5 degrees Celsius higher than the 30-year average for the same period, with several more days of hot weather forecast.

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