Temperature in the capital shot past 40-degree Celsius on Saturday for the first time this year, while a man died in Chuadanga amid continued extreme heatwave.

The Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) reported 40.4-degree Celsius warmth in the capital on Saturday afternoon. On the same day, the year’s highest temperature was recorded in Jashore at 42.6-degree Celsius.

Chuadanga has been recording the country’s highest temperature at the district-level over the last couple of days. About 42.3-degree Celsius warmth was recorded in the district on Saturday.

Jakir Hossain, 33, died from heatstroke while irrigating a farm on Saturday morning. He was an employee at a village high school.

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