Exhausted by the scorching summer heat, a youth cooling himself off by pouring water on his head from the Crescent Lake near Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban in the capital on Tuesday. Major divisional cities -- Dhaka, Chattogram, Rajshahi, Khulna, Barishal and Sylhet -- have witnessed a rising trend of day and night temperatures in the recent times.

Md Nasir Uddin