Searing heat has forced 33 million children out of schools in Bangladesh, as temperatures in parts of the country soared to above 42°C (108 F).

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1. Searing heat has forced 33 million children out of schools in Bangladesh, as temperatures in parts of the country soared to above 42°C (108 F).

   Schools and colleges will be shut for at least until 27 April. This is the second year in a row that authorities had to take such a move due to extreme weather.

   It follows school closures in the Philippines and India as a persistent heatwave sweeps across Asia.

   “Children in Bangladesh are among the poorest in the world, and heat-related school closures should ring alarm bells for us all,” said Shumon Sengupta, Save the Children’s Bangladesh director.

   Low-lying Bangladesh is one of the countries most vulnerable to the impacts of the climate crisis.

   According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a 30- to 45-cm rise in sea level could displace more than 35 million people from coastal districts – about a quarter of the country’s total population

2. The children pay the price, for the wanton inaction of the ‘adults’.

3. 33 million – from the hottest parts…. how many children are there in Bangladesh!