Cox’s Bazar recorded the highest rainfall in the country, with 83mm in the 24 hours until 6am today.
Ride-sharing drivers are feeling the pinch as relentless rain over the past several days has reduced passenger demand and cut their earnings. The photo was taken recently on Bijoy Sarani in Dhaka. Photo: Syed Zakir Hossain
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Ride-sharing drivers are feeling the pinch as relentless rain over the past several days has reduced passenger demand and cut their earnings. The photo was taken recently on Bijoy Sarani in Dhaka. Photo: Syed Zakir Hossain
The Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) has forecast heavy to very heavy rainfall in places over Khulna, Barishal, and Chattogram divisions in the next 24 hours from 9am today (24 July).
Light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty winds are likely to occur at most places over Dhaka, Khulna, Barishal, and Chattogram divisions and at many places over Rangpur, Rajshahi, Mymensingh, and Sylhet divisions, it said in a bulletin.
Cox’s Bazar recorded the highest rainfall in the country, with 83mm in the 24 hours until 6am today.
Day and night temperatures may remain nearly unchanged across the country.
The monsoon trough extends from Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and West Bengal to Assam across the southern part of Bangladesh. One of its associated troughs extends up to the Northwest Bay.
The BMD said the monsoon is active over the southern part of Bangladesh, fairly active elsewhere in the country, and moderate over the North Bay.
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