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Bangladesh authorities on Saturday announced to keep the schools and colleges closed for seven days from Sunday due to ongoing heatwave in the country.
The education ministry and the primary and mass education ministry made the announcement separately.
The primary and mass education ministry on Saturday gave directives to keep all the government primary schools, Shishu Kalyan Trust schools and Bureau of Non-Formal Education learning centres for seven days from Sunday due to ongoing heatwave in parts of Bangladesh.
A press release issued by the ministry on Saturday also said that these schools would be closed between April 21 and April 27.
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Earlier, in another press release, the primary and mass education ministry gave another directive to keep the assembly at all government primary schools across the country closed until further notice.
The government primary schools were scheduled to be opened on Sunday after eid vacation.
The education ministry has also taken the decision to keep the secondary schools and colleges and other educational institutions under it closed till April 25 due to heat wave.
The Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education director genetal professor Shahedul Khabir Chowdhury said that April 25 would be followed by two days of weekly holidays and, finally, the educational institutions would be opened from April 28.
Shahedul also said that if the weather improved before April 25, they would open educational institutions before the date and if the heat wave continued after April 28, the closure would be extended.
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The decision was taken following the directives from senior ministry officials, he said.
The Bangladesh Meteorological Department on Saturday said that severe heatwave is sweeping Khulna division and Rajshahi, Pabna and Tangail districts.
The heatwave condition will remain unchanged for the five days commencing 9:00am on Saturday, the BMD predicted.
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The country’s highest temperature was recoded in Chuadanga at 41 degree Celsius on Friday. The district also experienced the season’s highest temperature in the previous three days.
A mild to moderate heatwave is sweeping Barishal division, rest part of Dhaka and Rajshahi divisions and Chandpur and Moulvibazar districts and it may continue, it said.
On Friday, the Bangladesh Meteorological Department issued a 72-hour nationwide heat alert starting from the day, saying the ongoing heatwave is expected to continue in most parts of the country.
‘Discomfort might increase due to high humidity during this period,’ said a BMD warning signed by meteorologist Muhammad Abul Kalam Mallik.
