<span style="color: #222222;">A 5.8 magnitude earthquake hit parts of Bangladesh in the early hours of Friday. Tremors were felt in Dhaka, Chattogram, Noakhali, Bandarban, Khulna, Sylhet and other cities of Bangladesh at 5.45 a.m.<br />''<br />''According to the Meteorological Department of Bangladesh, the epicentre of the earthquake lay 347 km east-southeast of Dhaka. The Met department categorised it as a moderate scale earthquake.<br />''<br />''However, according to the National Centre for Seismology, India the earthquake was measured at 6.1 on the Richter scale at a depth of 12 km. Its epicentre was 140 km away from Aizawl. The shallow earthquake hit the Myanmar-India border region.<br />''<br />''No immediate reports of damage to property or life were reported from Bangladesh.</span><br />

A moderate earthquake of 5.8 magnitude jolted Dhaka and several other parts of Bangladesh today. According to the Bangladesh Met Department, the 5.8 magnitude earthquake took place at 0440 hours.<br />'' <br />'' It was centred on the India-Myanmar region 301 kilometres south east of Dhaka. No damage to property or casualty has been reported from anywhere so far. <br />''  <br />