Rains will continue to drench Bangladesh, with monsoon being fairly active over the country. That's the court message from the weatherman. “Light to moderate rains or thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty winds are likely to occur at a few places over Rangpur, Rajshahi Khulna and Sylhet divisions and at one or two places over Dhaka, Mymensingh, Barishal and Chattogram divisions with moderately heavy falls at isolated places over the country,” the weather department said in its bulletin on Saturday morning. Day and night temperatures may rise slightly over the country. The Met office recorded the highest 68 mm of rainfall in Dimla in the last 24 hours till 6am on Saturday. According to the Bangladesh Meteorological Department, the maximum temperature was recorded in Tetulia at 34.1 degrees and the minimum temperature in Ishwardi at 24.3 degrees. Meanwhile, the well-marked low pressure area over Uttar Pradesh and adjoining areas weakened into a low pressure area over the same region and merged with the monsoon axis. Read:Depression: Tidal surges likely to inundate low-lying areas of coastal districts The axis of monsoon trough runs through Rajasthan, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Gangetic West Bengal to Assam across the central part of Bangladesh. One of its associated troughs extends up to the northwest Bay, as per the bulletin.  

More rains are likely to drench Bangladesh in the next 24 hours, the weather department has predicted. "Light to moderate rains or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty winds are likely to occur at most places over Rangpur, Rajshahi, Dhaka, Mymensingh, Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions with moderately heavy to very heavy showers at places over the country," it said. The Met office recorded the highest 121mm of rainfall in Khulna's Chuadanga in the last 24 hours till 9am. According to the Bangladesh Meteorological Department, the maximum temperature on Thursday was recorded in Sylhet at 31.3 degrees while the minimum was 23.8 degrees in Rangpur and Chattogram. Day and night temperatures may remain nearly unchanged over the country, as per the weather bulletin. Meanwhile, the well-marked low over the central part of Madhya Pradesh and adjoining area persists. Under its influence, a deep convection is taking place over the North Bay and adjoining coastal areas of Bangladesh. The axis of the monsoon trough runs through Rajasthan, centre of the well-marked low, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and West Bengal to Assam across the central part of Bangladesh. One of its associated troughs extends up to the northwest Bay. Monsoon is active over Bangladesh and strong elsewhere over the North Bay.