DHAKA, May 25, 2024 (BSS) - Climate experts at a seminar in the city opined that the continuous heatwave in Bangladesh in April this year has broken a 76-year record for high temperatures, affecting all sectors, including agriculture, fisheries, livestock and health.

BRAC's Climate Change Programme organized the seminar on Thursday at Renaissance Hotel to inform and sensitise policymakers, academics, media and civil society on the science-policy-practice nexus of heatwaves, said a press release.

BRAC Executive Director Asif Saleh chaired the seminar while Dr. Farhina Ahmed, secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, was present as the chief guest.