Dhaka, March 22 -- Moderate rainfall has been pelting the pavements of Dhaka before the onset of the searing heat of the Bengali month of Chaitra.

The Bangladesh Meteorological Department has forecast significant amounts of rainfall acrossthe countrystarting Monday.

According to Meteorologist Omar Faruq, rains will likely decrease in the nextcouple of days. However, temperatures are expected to increase slightly before heavy showers drench parts of Bangladesh on Monday.

Rain soaked several parts of the capital from Tuesday through Thursday.

A reportreleasedby theMet Officeshows that the capital received 4 mm of rainfall until 6 pm on Thursday.

Several parts of Bangladesh outside of Dhaka, including Cox's Bazar, Kurigram's Rajarhat, T...