Life reels from incessant rain, gridlocks, waterlogging Heavy rains and gusty winds severely disrupted life in the capital yesterday causing waterlogging and traffic gridlocks. Dhaka recorded 56mm of rainfall yesterday, according to met officials. They said the non-stop downpour that began on Monday is the result of an active monsoon. The weather in the city ... Read more
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Rain, tidal surge spell huge sufferings
Depression starts to weaken Relentless rain and unusually high tidal surge kept on battering people of the coastal areas yesterday and destroyed several thousand homes, damaged crops on half a lakh acres of land, fish enclosures and dams and disrupted communication. Over 10 lakh people have been rendered homeless in Barisal, Khulna, Chittagong and Cox’s ... Read more
Rain most influential in TIME 100 poll
Korean singer Rain topped the 2011 Time 100 Poll in the magazine’s online voting to select the 100 most influential people of the year. Time closed the online poll on April 16 with Rain as the 2011 readers’ choice among 203 candidates — gaining 444,401 votes. Rain was also No.1 in the poll and included ... Read more