City's wait for rain not over
After two weeks of scorching heat, Dhaka dwellers found a tiny bit of relief yesterday in the form of a cool breeze, thanks to a shower in Narayanganj; but their wait for rain continues.
The mercury has been between 37 and 40 degrees Celsius during the period. Yesterday, it went up to 39 degrees Celsius.
In Dhaka, devotees offered special prayers at Baitul Mamur Jame mosque in Malibagh yesterday seeking rain. But Met office sources said chances of rain in the capital today were small.
However, there could be showers around Dhaka and the city might see a small drop in temperature.
The Met office said some parts of the country, including Dhaka, Comilla, Barisal, Sylhet, Faridpur and Madaripur, cooled down a little since 3:00pm yesterday.
People of Bhola, Narayanganj, Comilla and Moulvibazar experienced light rain yesterday, bringing much-needed relief from the heat wave sweeping across the country.
According to the Met office, 2mm rainfall was recorded in Bhola but they could not record rainfall in Narayanganj and Moulvibazar as they did not have equipment there.
Meanwhile, rail communication between several northern districts was disrupted for an hour as rails buckled in Parbatipur of Dinajpur due to the extreme heat.
Railway officials said locals and railway employees first noticed that around 100 metres of tracks got bent in places between Rangpur and Dinajpur around noon.
The highest temperature recorded in Chuadanga yesterday was 41.9 degrees Celsius.
Fed up with the prolonged dry spell, villagers of Bhatpara in Gaibandha got frogs “married” in a unique custom seeking rain from the deity. The frogs were put in tiny clothes and people in colourful attires attended the wedding.
“Our predecessors used to do this and we did it for rain," said Nilufer Tinni, an organisers of the event.
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