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<div id="stcpDiv" style="text-align: justify;">Cool breeze is blowing in the evening and early in the morning in Rangpur and other Northern areas as the mercury has been falling. The winter is knocking at the door.
According to the Rangpur Met office, the lowest temperature has been recorded at 21.0- 21.20 degree Celsius in the last week which was 25.0-26.0 degree Celsius during the first week of this month.
A fog blanket is also seen early in the morning and in the evening as well.
The inhabitants have started wearing warm clothing in Panchagarh and Thakurgaon areas and full-sleeved shirts in Rangpur. Most of them are using quilts and blankets during the night.
In Thakurgaon, the minimum temperature in the last few days was recorded at 17 degree Celsius on Friday.
‘The mercury is moving between 19 to 21 degrees in Thakurgaon,’ said Atiqur Rahman, a senior Met official of Rangpur zone who oversees Thakurgaon temperature.
The experts of regional Met office in Rangpur said that the winter has begun to set in the Northern districts and that a full swing winter will come in the mid November.
The clothing stores have started selling sweaters, jackets and other warm clothing in Thakurgaon.
The highest temperature in Thakurgaon was recorded at 30.4 on Saturday.
Villagers of 8 districts of Rangpur division were waiting for Nabbano utsob (post harvest festival). The farmers were taking preparation for harvesting. In many places harvesting of early variety paddy has begun.
Some farmers are busy cutting early variety of paddy and planting early variety of potato.
Afzal Hossain a farmer at Imadpur village of Mithapukur upazilla said, Aman paddy was about to ripe in the farms and that full swing harvesting will take place in the first week of November.
According to the Department of Agriculture Extension, some 10,45, 049 hectares of lands were brought under of Aman cultivation in eight districts of the region targeting around 27,86,662 metric tons of rice.
An Agriculture officer of DAE, Rangpur, Mejabauddin said, the farmers of the districts are eagerly waiting for harvesting.</div>