Eleven people have died in the last two days in the first cold wave of the season across the country.
Two died in Rangpur, eight in Thakurgaon and one in Jessore.
The Rangpur Medical College Hospital authorities said 10 children had died there the last week from cold-related ailments.
In the north, life has virtually come to a standstill. People rarely leave their houses, and farmers covering their Boro seed-beds waiting for the sun to come out.
The Met department said the medium cold wave could continue through Sunday, with things looking brighter on Monday.
In Panchagarh, the district administration distributed 1,300 blankets and NGOs RDRS and BRAC distributed several hundred.
Deputy commissioner Tofazzal Hossain Miya said he had requested the relief ministry for another 7,000 blankets.
Farmers said they were covering their seed-beds with polythene, but the agriculture department said there were no reports yet of seeds getting spoiled.
Dinajpur Met office said the lowest recorded temperature on Saturday was 6.2 degrees Celsius. Deputy commissioner Jamal Uddin Ahmed said he had asked for 20,000 blankets, 30,000 sarees and 30,000 warm clothes for children.
In Rangpur, additional doctors were brought in to the medical college hospital to handle the large haul of pneumonia patients. RMCH director Toufiqul Islam told that 10 children had died there from cold diarrhoea, asthma, viral fever and other cold-related ailments.
The district's assistant meteorologist Emdad Hosain said the lowest temperature recorded on Saturday was 10.4 degrees Celsius.
Thakurgaon civil surgeon Khairul Kabir told eight people had died across the district from the cold wave in the last 72 hours.
At least 100 children are admitted to the Sadar Hospital, he added.
District relief officer Abdur Razzaque said 2,918 blankets had been dispatched to municipalities and upazila offices for distribution.
Bogra agriculture department officials say the 8,900-hectare Boro seed-beds in the district could be under risk if the cold wave continues a few more days.
Farmers are saying some of their saplings are getting red and shrivelling up. Officials have advised covering the beds with polythene at night.
The sun has not been seen in the last two days in Sirajganj. Deputy commissioner Aminul Islam told the relief ministry had issued 6,000 blankets and they would soon be distributed.
The temperature in Jessore, 6 degrees Celsius, was the lowest in the country on Saturday. A beggar was found dead in the morning in front of the Circuit House.
Agriculture department officials said they had advised farmers to pump water to seed-beds at night and pump it out in the morning to protect saplings from the cold.
Two died in Rangpur, eight in Thakurgaon and one in Jessore.
The Rangpur Medical College Hospital authorities said 10 children had died there the last week from cold-related ailments.
In the north, life has virtually come to a standstill. People rarely leave their houses, and farmers covering their Boro seed-beds waiting for the sun to come out.
The Met department said the medium cold wave could continue through Sunday, with things looking brighter on Monday.
In Panchagarh, the district administration distributed 1,300 blankets and NGOs RDRS and BRAC distributed several hundred.
Deputy commissioner Tofazzal Hossain Miya said he had requested the relief ministry for another 7,000 blankets.
Farmers said they were covering their seed-beds with polythene, but the agriculture department said there were no reports yet of seeds getting spoiled.
Dinajpur Met office said the lowest recorded temperature on Saturday was 6.2 degrees Celsius. Deputy commissioner Jamal Uddin Ahmed said he had asked for 20,000 blankets, 30,000 sarees and 30,000 warm clothes for children.
In Rangpur, additional doctors were brought in to the medical college hospital to handle the large haul of pneumonia patients. RMCH director Toufiqul Islam told that 10 children had died there from cold diarrhoea, asthma, viral fever and other cold-related ailments.
The district's assistant meteorologist Emdad Hosain said the lowest temperature recorded on Saturday was 10.4 degrees Celsius.
Thakurgaon civil surgeon Khairul Kabir told eight people had died across the district from the cold wave in the last 72 hours.
At least 100 children are admitted to the Sadar Hospital, he added.
District relief officer Abdur Razzaque said 2,918 blankets had been dispatched to municipalities and upazila offices for distribution.
Bogra agriculture department officials say the 8,900-hectare Boro seed-beds in the district could be under risk if the cold wave continues a few more days.
Farmers are saying some of their saplings are getting red and shrivelling up. Officials have advised covering the beds with polythene at night.
The sun has not been seen in the last two days in Sirajganj. Deputy commissioner Aminul Islam told the relief ministry had issued 6,000 blankets and they would soon be distributed.
The temperature in Jessore, 6 degrees Celsius, was the lowest in the country on Saturday. A beggar was found dead in the morning in front of the Circuit House.
Agriculture department officials said they had advised farmers to pump water to seed-beds at night and pump it out in the morning to protect saplings from the cold.
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