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At least 10 people died of heatstroke in Bangladesh during the past week as the South Asian country wilts amid the longest heatwave in 75 years, the government said on Tuesday. Three of them died on Monday, after the others died since the heatwave began on April 22, Salim Rayhan, an official at the office of the Directorate General of the Health Services, told dpa, after reports on heatwave-related deaths from across the nation. Five other people suffering from heatstroke are being treated in hospitals, he added. Bangladesh’s Meteorological Department said the country is facing its longest-eve…

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