Online Desk: The government has decided to keep all secondary schools closed for Thursday due to the severe heatwave sweeping the country. Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education announced the decision in a press release on Wednesday.

The decision was taken considering the health safety of the students going to the schools, it said.

Meanwhile, all public primary schools remains closed from June 5 due to the same reason.

Severe heat wave is sweeping Rajshahi, Dinajpur, Jashore & Syedpur districts and mild to moderate heat wave is sweeping Dhaka, Mymensingh, Khulna, Barishal & Sylhet divisions and parts of Rangpur & Rajshahi divisions and the districts of Cumilla, Chandpur, Noakhali, Feni & Bandarban and it may continue, said a Met office bulletin on Wednesday.

Day temperature may fall by (1-2)°C over Chattogram division and it may remain nearly unchanged elsewhere over the country. Night temperature may remain nearly unchanged. The country’s highest temperature was recorded at 40.5 degrees Celsius on Tuesday in Syedpur and Dinajpur and the lowest temperature was recorded on Wednesday  at 23.3 degrees Celsius in Bandarban.