Dhaka, July 21 -- People in Dhaka city and some parts of the country experienced light to heavy rainfall in the first half of Eid day Wednesday.

The shower brought a little relief from humid conditions but devotees and those engaged in qurbani faced some problems in movement.

Dhaka recorded 14 millimetres (mm) of rainfall in the past 24-hour period till 6 am but Rajshahi saw the highest 112mm rainfall, Aftab Uddin, a meteorologist at Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD), said.

Dhaka witnessed only 1mm of rainfall from 6:00 am to 12:00 pm.

Mymensingh, Khulna, Barishal and Chattogram divisions also witnessed light to heavy rainfall since the morning, the meteorologist added.

Light to moderately heavy rainfall is likely to occur o...