And before waterlogging disrupts city life once again

"It’s like owning a house in Malibu,” says one resident

Torrential monsoon rain from midnight to this morning has swamped many parts of the capital, disrupting movement and triggering traffic chaos.

BNP Standing Committee Member Khondaker Mosharraf Hossain says the waterlogging in the country’s two major cities --Dhaka and Chattogram --is an “outcome of the government’s tide of development”.

A heavy rainfall inundates many areas of the capital Dhaka in knee-deep water, causing immense suffering to the city dwellers.

The Dhaka Wasa is taking up a Tk-550 crore project for canal development to solve the capital's water-logging problem.

Dhaka would not be deluged in 2018. This was the promise the local government minister made last year. But his words did not translate into action.

A heavy rainfall submerges parts of Dhaka in knee-deep water, causing much suffering to city dwellers.

Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister Khandker Mosharraf Hossain says waterlogging in Dhaka city will not recur next year as the government has taken a lesson from this year.