Dhaka, June 4 -- A mild to moderate heat wave is sweeping over a total of 48 districts of the country, including Dhaka, according to the Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD).

In its regular bulletin, BMD said a mild to moderate heatwave is sweeping over 13 districts of the Dhaka Division, eight districts of the Rajshahi Division, eight districts of the Rangpur Division, 10 districts of the Khulna division, six districts of the Barishal Division, and the Chandpur, Noakhali and Brahmanbaria districts.

This heatwave is unlikely to subside before Saturday, said Md Tariful Newaz Kabir, a meteorologist at the BMD.

He told bdnews24.com, "It is raining in some places in the northeastern part of the country, the Mymensingh and Sylhet divi...