Dhaka waterlogging

Dhaka waterlogging

Vehicles ply a waterlogged Green Road following heavy rain across Dhaka on 22 September 2025. Photo: Syed Zakir Hossain/TBS

Deluge in Dhaka: Heavy rain since dawn leaves roads waterlogged, disrupts daily life

Dhaka records 105mm of rainfall in nine hours, with the weather expected to remain this way for another couple of days.

Vehicles and commuters struggle to navigate a road, submerged in stagnant rainwater, in the Kalshi area of Dhaka’s Mirpur on Saturday. Following Friday’s downpour that flooded many areas in the capital, some roads in the Mirpur area again went under water even in light rainfall on Saturday. Photo: Syed Zakir Hossain

Dhaka waterlogging: Rains for few hours, suffering for a week