During the day, the Dhaka Met office recorded six millimetres of rain in the capital. Kutubdia experienced the highest rainfall of 88 mm in the country.
The weather situation, said a Met office official, might improve from today (Saturday).
Incessant rains have hit the normal life in parts of the capital.
“Twelve hours have passed since the rain stopped, but my house is still under knee-deep water,” said Rahela Akhtar, a resident of Gendaria.
She could not cook any meal since Thursday as her gas stove remains submerged. Over the years, it has become a regular occurrence during the rainy season, she added.
Our Manikganj correspondent reports: Boarding and disembarking of vehicles on ferries were delayed at Paturia and Daulatdia ferry ghats as heavy rain made the pontoons of the ferries slippery, said Bidyut Kumer Saha, manager of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation.
Passengers suffered long tailbacks at the ghats due to slow movement of ferries.
In Munshiganj, several hundred acres of cropland in Shirajdikhan and Srinagar upazilas went under water due to the downpour.
Vehicles on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway were stuck in a tailback for a stretch of three kilometres between Gazipur Board Bazar and Bhogra bypass due to water logging, reports a correspondent from Gazipur.
Heavy rains also submerged many houses, shops and roads at Harinhat, Biswaspara, Palli Bidyut and Safipur Dakkhin Para under Kaliakoir Municipality.
In Madaripur, many houses and roads in Sadar and Shibchar upazilas went under water. The farmers at the low-lying areas of Sadar, Razoir and Kalkini upazilas have been affected badly as downpours inundated their Irri and Boro fields.
Most of the areas of Shibchar upazila have been without electricity since a 220-volt electric line was dislodged by a storm in the area on Thursday noon.
Thousands of people inside the DND embankment in Narayanganj have been marooned due to heavy rains.

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