Dhaka, Aug. 18 -- Nationals from at least five countries were involved in the Bangladesh Bank (BB) reserve heist of February 2016, according to senior officials of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), which has been leading the probe into one of the world's largest cyber thefts.

Investigators confirmed that individuals from Sri Lanka, the Philippines, China and the United States were implicated in the crime, alongside several officials and employees of Bangladesh Bank - particularly within its Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Department. Some senior central bank officials were also linked to the operation, according to a CID officer with detailed knowledge of the case, who spoke on condition of anonymity, reports UN...