At Least 6 Die as 5.7 Magnitude Earthquake Jolts Bangladesh: Tremors Felt Across Bengal

PTI, DHAKA/KOLKATA, NOV 21, 2025: At least six people were killed and several injured as a massive earthquake of magnitude 5.7 jolted Dhaka and parts of the country on Friday, damaging buildings, causing fires at several places, and sending panic among residents.

Three people were killed in Dhaka, while the fourth died in the suburban riverport town of Narayanganj, officials said, as local media reported injuries to at least 50 people across the country. The other two deaths were reported from Narsingdi, where the epicentre was located some 10 kilometres beneath the surface. The epicentre of the quake, which struck at 10:38 am (local time), was at Narsingdi on the northeastern outskirts of Dhaka at a depth of 10 kilometres, Bangladesh's meteorology department said. The place is around 13 kilometres east of the seismic centre in Dhaka's Agargaon area.

Dhaka's Deputy Police Commissioner Mallik Ahsan Uddin Sami said, quoting the fire service, that at least three people were killed after a railing, bamboo scaffolding, and debris from a five-storey building fell on them at Old Dhaka's Armanitola area. A bystander was critically wounded at the scene in the crowded neighbourhood, he said.

Tremors were felt in several places of south Bengal, including Kolkata, on Friday morning. The quake struck 13 km south-southwest of Narsingdi in the neighbouring country at 10:08 am, and at a depth of 10 km, it said. Several people in Kolkata and other districts were seen coming out on the streets as a precautionary measure.