Dhaka, April 22 -- An elderly man has died of a suspected heatstroke while waiting in a long queue for fuel at a filling station in Rajshahi's Mohanpur Upazila amid an intense heatwave.

The incident occurred at the Keshorhat Filling Station around 12pm on Wednesday, confirmed Mohanpur Upazila administrator (UNO) Fahima Binte Akhter.

The dead, 60-year-old Abdul Alam, also known as Alauddin, was from Bakshail village in Kesharhat Municipality.

Rajshahi has been reeling under a severe heatwave for three days.

On Wednesday, the local weather office recorded a maximum temperature of 40degC, the highest in the district so far this season.

Witnesses said Alauddin had been standing in the scorching sun for a long time to buy fuel when he sud...