, Dec. 2 -- Northern Bangladesh has begun to feel the first true grip of winter, with temperatures dipping to 13.5degC in Lalmonirhat on Tuesday, signalling a sharper seasonal shift for residents accustomed to early December's milder chill.

Between 6am and 9am, the Kurigram Weather Observatory recorded the day's lowest temperature at 13.5degC.

Locals described the morning cold as so piercing that it 'felt as if it were falling like rain', a poetic expression capturing just how suddenly and intensely winter appeared to descend.

A dense blanket of fog settled across the district from dawn, draping Sadar, Aditmari, Kaliganj, Hatibandha and Patgram in milky greyness. Monday morning had already brought unusually heavy fog, but Tuesday's vis...