Met office sources said they recorded 63mm of rainfall in the capital in 12 hours from 6:00am to 6:00pm yesterday.

Heavy rain across the country is also likely today, and the situation would start to improve tomorrow, they forecast.

Traffic movement was affected due to water-logging on many city streets including Mirpur Road, Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue. Hundreds of taxis and CNG-run three-wheelers were seen stuck on different city streets yesterday.

Water logging was also seen on the Bangladesh Secretariat premises, the VIP Road in front of the Prime Minister's Office and many other major roads including Airport Road, Mirpur Road, Manik Mia Avenue, Bijoy Sarani, Dar-us-Salam Road, Outer Circular Road and Bijoy Nagar Road.

City dwellers have been suffering for the last four days in many areas including a large part of Old Dhaka, Mirpur, Tejgaon, Uttara, Malibagh, Khilgaon, Badda, Madertek, Bashabo, Motijheel, Paltan and Mohammadpur due to water-logging. Vehicular movements in those areas also became very slow.

Traffic was not heavy on the streets since morning and the markets and shopping malls had very few shoppers.

The continuous rainfall also forced the authorities of Zia International Airport to reschedule many domestic and international flights during the last four days.

Intercity bus communication was also disrupted. Hundreds of office-bound people in the morning and home-bound people in the evening had to wait in long queues on different streets for transport. Only a small number of rickshaws and three-wheelers were out on the street charging, in some cases, twice the usual fare.

The downpour also hampered the normal functioning of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) morgue with its floor going under ankle-deep water. They are still doing the autopsies, but with difficulties, sources said.