Overview
- Schools across Bangladesh reopened on Sunday, despite ongoing extreme temperatures that have prompted a 72-hour heat alert extension.
- This current heatwave, the longest since records began in 1948, has seen temperatures soar above 40 degrees Celsius.
- Health concerns mount among parents as children face risks of heat-related illnesses, with some students already suffering from heat rashes.
- Educational authorities have adjusted school schedules, including shortening primary school hours and suspending daily assemblies.
- Meteorologists attribute the increased frequency and intensity of heatwaves to climate change and local environmental factors such as rapid urbanization.