In addition to water-logging on some key city roads, vehicles passing through Gulshan-1, Gulshan-2, Rampura, Badda and Baridhara remained stuck for hours as police cleared route for passage of the prime minister.

Nor'wester lashes Dhaka and four other districts.

Mixed weather pattern is prevailing through Bangladesh this summer with rain cooling life back to tugging quilts in the north and baking everyone under heat elsewhere.

After a heat wave, Dhaka city dwellers heave a sigh of relief with a downpour.

Like any regular day it was a bright sunshine morning. All of a sudden black cloud eclipsed the bright sky and the on came with it rain.

Reports from the ground suggest at least 30 farmers have allegedly died of trauma or suicide in the past four days in north India.

A nor’wester hit Dhaka triggering a thunderstorm accompanied with sudden torrential downpour that beat down heat in the city ahead of summer.

Brisbane residents placed on alert as wild weather associated with Cyclone Marcia strikes Queensland, as reported in Cricket Australia weather update for the 11th match of the ICC Cricket World Cup between Bangladesh and Australia