Ongoing moderate rainfall with gusty wind is likely to continue till tomorrow in Dhaka and elsewhere in the country, according to Dhaka met office forecast.

A total of 159 Bangladeshi trafficking victims who were scheduled to be brought back home from Myanmar yesterday, will be repatriated on August 5 due to rough weather in the sea.

Bangladesh Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) resumed water vessel movement in all internal routes around 10:00am as cyclone Komen weakens, says Mozammel Haque, Chairman of BIWTA.

The cyclonic storm “Komen” has weakened slightly and started crossing Chittagong coast near Sandwip around 9:00pm.