Deadly heat waves are going to be a much bigger problem in the coming decades, becoming more frequent and occurring over a much greater portion of the planet because of climate change.

A mild heat wave is sweeping over the regions of Rajshahi, Pabna, Dinajpur, Satkhira, Jessore and Kushtia and it may spread all over the country, says a press release of Met office.

A much needed rain accompanied by heavy thunderstorm swept most parts of the country, including capital Dhaka, after weeks of sweltering heat. The good news is, more rain is yet to come.

Southeast Asia has been roasting in an extended heatwave through much of April with temperatures reaching unprecedented

The authorities of secondary schools can reschedule classes amid a heat wave sweeping the country for the last three weeks.

Hundreds are feared dead in India in an early-summer heat wave forcing schools to close and halted outdoor work like construction, government officials says.

The summer is here and the heat of the sun is becoming unbearable. Thanks to the Equinox phenomenon (sun's direct position above the equator line), people get heatstroke, fall sick in this season. And children and elder people suffer the most.

Even a couple of years ago, it was unimaginable to think of a sultry April day without power outages.

More than 100 people are felled by a blazing heat wave alone in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh with the mercury hovering at 47 degrees Celsius at several places across the two states even as the death toll crossed 200 in the two states in the last three days.

Mixed weather pattern is prevailing through Bangladesh this summer with rain cooling life back to tugging quilts in the north and baking everyone under heat elsewhere.

After a heat wave, Dhaka city dwellers heave a sigh of relief with a downpour.

The prevailing spell of heat wave is likely to continue across the country and the mercury is expected to rise later on throughout the month.