Another earthquake rocks Bangladesh, epicentre in Jashore

For the third time in two weeks, an earthquake has struck Bangladesh, this time with its epicentre in Jashore, measuring 3.5 on the Richter scale According to Rubayet Kabir, acting head of the Earthquake Monitoring and Research Centre at the Bangladesh Meteorological Department, the earthquake originated at Manirampur of Jashore, approximately 157km southwest of Dhaka. The last earthquake was recorded on Sept 21, when a magnitude 4 tremor was felt in the Sylhet region, with its epicentre in Sreemangal, Sunamganj. A week earlier, on Sept 14, a magnitude 5.8 quake in Assam, India, sent seismic waves to different parts of Bangladesh, including the capital. Asked about the risk of...