A low-magnitude tremor shook Bangladesh, the national meteorological service has said, a day after a powerful earthquake struck near the capital, Dhaka, killing at least 10 people.

Updating earlier tolls from Friday’s magnitude 5.5 earthquake, disaster management official Ishtiaqe Ahmed said on Saturday that “the number of casualties has reached 10, while a few hundred were injured”, according to the AFP news agency.

Friday’s earthquake was felt in Dhaka and neighbouring districts, causing widespread destruction and panic.

Omar Faruq of the Bangladesh Meteorological Department said another minor jolt was recorded on Saturday at 10:36am (04:36 GMT).

The epicentre of the magnitude 3.3 tremor was in Ashulia, just north of the capital, the meteorologist told AFP.

Aftershocks are common af

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