BREAKING: Bangladesh court orders national school closure due to heatwave t.co/hyp0lOTgHf pic.twitter.com/nJj5gdqzOS
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A Bangladeshi court ordered a nationwide shutdown of schools on Monday due to an ongoing heatwave, the day after the government sent millions of children back to class despite searing temperatures.
Extensive scientific research has found climate change is causing heat waves to become longer, more frequent and more intense.
Average temperatures in the capital Dhaka over the past week have been 4-5 degrees Celsius (7.2-9 degrees Fahrenheit) higher than the 30-year average for the same period.
The government said at least seven people had died as a result of the extreme heat since the start of April, with maximum temperatures in the capital forecast to remain above 40 degrees until Thursday.
A two judge bench of the High Court passed an order “closing all primary and secondary schools and madrasas… due to the heatwave,” deputy attorney general Sheikh Saifuzzaman told AFP.
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