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Heavy rain on Thursday morning caused immense sufferings to people due to severe water stagnation and traffic congestion in several areas of Bangladesh capital Dhaka.

On the day, 48 millimeters of rainfall were recorded in Dhaka by the Bangladesh Meteorological Department from 6:00am to 12:00pm.


The department’s meteorologist AKM Nazmul Haque told ¶¶Òõ¾«Æ·, ‘If 44mm to 88mm of rainfall takes place in 24 hours, it is categorised as very heavy rainfall.’

Due to conjugation of eastern and western wind the rain took place in Dhaka and its adjacent areas, he said.

Nazmul also said that the rain would continue till tomorrow while the amount of rain would also start to decrease from tomorrow.

Since Thursday morning heavy rain started which became lighter in the afternoon.

Following the heavy rain, water stagnation was seen in several city areas, including Green Road, Dhanmondi, Jigatola, Mirpur 10, Kazipara, Bashundhara, Banasree, Khilgaon, Maghbazar,  Malibagh, Shantinagar, Shahjahanpur, Rajarbagh, Motijheel, and Kakrail.

In the morning, school going students and office goers suffered immensely on roads.