A light rain is expected to drench Dhaka and other parts of the country on Wednesday, giving its residents some relief from the scorching heat sweeping over the last few days.
Apart from the capital, rain is also expected in Rangpur, Mymensingh, Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions and at one or two places over the Rajshahi division, the Bangladesh Meteorological Department said in a bulletin.
Moderately heavy falls is also predicted in isolated places.
A mild heat wave is sweeping over Sylhet division and the districts of Rajshahi, Panchagarh and Nilphamari and it may continue.
The temperature of day and night may remain nearly unchanged over the country, said a MET office press release.
The country's maximum temperature on Tuesday was recorded at 37.2 degrees Celsius at Rajshahi and Syedpur and the minimum temperature on Wednesday was recorded at 25 degrees Celsius at Rangamati and Sitakunda.
The sun will set at 6:49 pm on Wednesday and will rise at 5:20 am on Thursday in the capital.
