Bangladesh mission still doesn't know if any citizen is victim

Officials from Bangladesh embassy in Kathmandu are yet to know whether any Bangladeshi was killed or injured in the 7.9 magnitude earthquake occurred in Nepal five days ago.

They heard from a source that three Bangladeshis were staying in hotel Budget which collapsed, said Khan Md Moinul Hossen, an official of the mission.

The rescuers already found some bodies from the rubbles but none of them was Bangladeshi, he said, adding that the rescue operation was going on.

Nepalese police said Bangladeshi mountaineer Sirajul Islam Sagor, who remained traceless since the earthquake, found safe.

An aircraft of Bangladesh Air Force with medicines and other relief materials will fly to Kathmandu this morning, said officials.

Meanwhile, the authorities abandoned the newly-built Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa dormitory of Eden Mohila College since cracks formed in its 29 rooms on Sunday due to the earthquakes and its aftershocks.

However, Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid, who visited the dormitory building yesterday, said there was no risk to live in it as none of the cracks developed in the "main structure", reports some local TV channels.