A strong earthquake shook Dhaka and its outlying areas in Bangladesh at 10:38am on this morning. While three persons have already been reported killed, There are unconfirmed reports of casualties being higher . The earthquake was of 5.7 on the richter scale, according to reports from across the border.

Sources from Bangladesh said that a building railing in Bongshal, Dhaka, collapsed in the earthquake, killing three pedestrians.who are yet to be properly identified.Duty Officer Ashish Kumar Ghosh of Bongshal police station confirmed that three pedestrians were killed when the building’s railing collapsed during the earthquake and the deceased were taken to hospital.

Locals reported that the railing of the five-story building suddenly fell during the tremor, killing three pedestrians on t

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