More people succumbed to cold-related ailments yesterday as a severe cold wave with dense fog is sweeping through length and breadth of the country for more than a week. In the last four days, at least 27 people died of cold-related afflictions in Thakurgaon, Jamalpur, Jessore, Rangpur and Satkhira, report our district
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Cold claims 10 more lives
Siddiqul Islam, who had come to the port city from Kushtia, used to sell peanuts. But what he earned was not enough to manage accommodation even in the slums. He lived under a shed at Chittagong Parade Ground. With his shabby clothes, a dilapidated blanket and makeshift bed, he has drawn attention of