The death toll from Sunday's storm rose to eight after a worker, injured in the nor'wester, died on Monday.
Alamgir Hossain, 40, a resident of Shubaddya Uttarpara, was injured when a light post fell on him on Babu Bazar Bridge Sunday evening, said South Keraniganj model police station Officer-in-Charge Shah Zaman.
Alamgir was taken to Sir Salimullah Medical College Mitford Hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries around 2pm Monday.
Besides, four people, including a woman and her son, died in separate incidents of boat capsize on the Buriganga River during the storm.
Two young men also died after a trawler capsized in the river near Keraniganj.
They were identified as Sabbir Hossain, 18, and Tuhin, 20. Both were from Shariatpur and they lived in Dakhshin Rasulpur.
They had been missing since the vessel carrying them sank in storm around 7pm, police said. Their bodies were retrieved around 8:30pm.
Meanwhile, Rumi Akhter, 30, and her three-year old son Ali Hossain, residents of Kamrangirchar’s Madrasapara, died in a boat capsize near Borishur ghat in Keraniganj.
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Police said they were travelling to Keraniganj when the boat sank around 7:30pm. Their bodies were retrieved from the river around 30 minutes later.
In Dhaka, at least three people were killed after the nor'wester hit the capital on Sunday evening.
The victims were identified as Md Hanif, 50, a tea vendor at Paltan, Lily D’Costa, 62, a resident of Monipuripara, and Md Dulal Mia, 40, a driver by profession.
Mili died after a tree fell on her on Lake Road around 6:30pm, police said.
Hanif was injured after several pieces of bricks fell on him from a nearby multi-storey building around 6:15pm. He was taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital where doctors declared him dead around 6:50pm.
Dulal died on the spot around 6:45pm when a portion of an extended structure of a multi-storied building collapsed on him in West Shewrapara.
The tropical storm, the first of the season, hit the capital around 6:15pm with a wind speed of 74kmph, according to the Met Office. Seventeen millimetres of rain was also recorded during the storm.
The Met Office has forecast rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty/squally wind throughout the country in the next 24 hours from 9am on Monday.
