Strong earthquake felt
An earthquake was felt at the Dhaka Seismic Centre at Agargaon at 07 hours 34 minutes and 53.18 seconds Bangladesh Standard Time Wednesday. The intensity of the earthquake was 6.4 on the Richter scale which was strong in magnitude, said a Met Office press release. The location of the earthquake was near Lake Baikal region in Russia and the distance of the epicentre was 3,190km north- northeast from the Dhaka Seismic Centre, the release added.