Rain, thundershowers likely in parts of country

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UNB, Dhaka :

Dhaka and seven other divisions are likely to witness rain or thundershowers in the next 24 hours commencing 9 am on Monday.
Bangladesh Metrological Department made the forecast.
“Light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at many places over Rangpur, Mymensingh & Sylhet divisions and at a few places over Rajshahi, Dhaka & Chattogram divisions and at one or two places over Khulna & Barishal divisions with moderately heavy falls at isolated places over northern part of the country,” it said.
Monsoon is fairly active over northern part of Bangladesh and less active elsewhere over the country and weak to moderate over North Bay.
The axis of monsoon trough runs through Rajasthan, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, WestBengal to Assam across northern part of Bangladesh. One of its associated troughs extends up to North Bay, said the Met office bulletin.

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