The country’s coastal areas may experience rainfall in next 72 hours from tomorrow due to impact of a well-marked low in the Bay of Bengal, an official of Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) said today

Average rainfall in Bangladesh was one millimetre in April, which is the record lowest in the country since 1981

People living in climate-vulnerable areas urgently need government support

Growers are facing trouble in retting raw jute as a lack of rainfall has reduced the availability of natural waterbodies, affecting the quality of the eco-friendly fibre being produced, according to farmers.

The depression over central part of the Bay of Bengal intensified into a well-marked low and is likely to intensify further causing heavy to moderate rainfall around the country all day long, according to a weather forecast published on the official website of Bangladesh Meteorological Department this morning.

Bangladesh Meteorological Department this morning forecasted that rainfall will decrease in the next three days.