A few more days of rain to come before monsoon eases

As autumn draws to a close, a few final days of rain are likely to precede the retreat of the monsoon winds, yielding to a drier season ahead. The Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) has forecast that the winds will shift direction and the humidity will begin to drop around mid-October. Rain has been falling in Dhaka city since Thursday morning, with the department recording 34mm between 6am and 9am. In a forecast that extends through Oct 12, the BMD said the rainfall is likely to continue in parts of the country until mid-October, when the southwest monsoon winds are expected to begin withdrawing from the west. “According to us, the monsoon or rainy season is June, July, August and September,”...