Heavy downpour in Dhaka and elsewhere across the country disrupted normal life and routine activities on Saturday.
Commuters in many city areas suffered immensely with busy streets inundated after the monsoon rainfall.
Office-goers, students and those returning from their village homes after Eid holidays suffered a lot amid torrential rain in the morning.
A number of places having good drainage system also went under rainwater.
The streets in parts of Mirpur, Adabor, Rayerbazar and old Dhaka got deluged after a cascade of rainfall.
Saturday's shower caused congestion in places with the thin presence of vehicles, said sufferers.
They said office-goers' suffering knew no bounds due to waterlogging in those areas.
The situation was worse in the places like Mirpur sections 10 and 11, Senpara Parbata, Shewrapara, Kazipara, Shekertek of Mohammadpur and East Jurain.
Things went wrong in the areas because of roadworks being down by various government agencies, said commuters.
The return of Eid holidaymakers from village homes was seen at Gabtoli, Sayedabad bus terminals, Kamalapur Railway Station (KRS) and Sadarghat on the day.
They had trouble finding vehicles amid heavy shower.
Ishtiaqe Kabir, a private job-holder, said it took him two hours in the morning to get a CNG-run auto-rickshaw on Mazar Road in Gabtoli.
The three-wheeler too remained stuck on the waterlogged road at Mirpur-10, causing gridlock at 11:00pm.
"I reached my residence at Uttara Sector 03 at 1:30pm," Mr Kabir told the FE.
Meanwhile, weathermen forecast that the situation might worsen further as rain might continue for the next three days.
The Met office recorded 62 millimetres rainfall in the Dhaka city on Saturday till 3:00pm.
Heavy rainfall is likely to occur in places over Mymensingh, Sylhet, Dhaka, Barisal and Chittagong divisions until Monday, it predicted.
The Met office weather forecast said landslide may occur in the hilly regions of Chittagong and Sylhet divisions because of downpour.
According to Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre, Surma and Kushiyara rivers of the north-eastern region were flowing 5.0 to 35 centimetres above the danger level.
Water flow in other rivers, including Manu, Khowai and Bhugai-Kangsha, is also in the rising trend.
The Met Office, however, said there were chances of heavy rainfall in the country's north-eastern part and its adjoining Indian parts until Monday afternoon.
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