At least 10 people, including two children, were killed and several hundred injured after a 5.7-magnitude earthquake shook Dhaka and other parts of Bangladesh yesterday morning, cracking buildings, sending debris crashing down, and driving residents into the streets in fear.

Here are some photos of Dhaka and Narsingdi, the epicentre of the quake

New buildings follow building code, but many older structures built without adhering to it, she says

BMD reports epicentre in Narsingdi's Madhabdi

The twister on Friday evening flipped cars like toys and wrecked buildings in Rio Bonito do Iguacu, a town of 14,000 people in Parana state

More than 300 domestic and international flights have been cancelled

Melissa has already been blamed for at least four deaths in Haiti and the Dominican Republic this week

Bangladesh’s hard-won economic resilience is being tested as the twin pressures of climate change and mounting external debt converge to threaten its financial stability.

Torrential rains battered several Mexican states over several days last week

Causes traffic jams

Locals panic as Jamuna river erosion ravages Soharabari in Bogura

Due to strong current, repair work cannot be started immediately, officials say

Hundreds of people die every year in landslides and flash floods that are common in Nepal

Heavy to very heavy rainfall is likely to occur across the country for 72 hours starting from 9:00am yesterday, warned the Bangladesh Meteorological Department.

Vietnam said it evacuated almost 30,000 residents from coastal areas on Sunday as Typhoon Bualoi hit the country's steel-producing central belt

The epicentre was in Monirampur upazila

The powerful typhoon hits south China after killing 15 in Taiwan

Hong Kong airport may shut for 36 hours as super typhoon nears

Millions unprepared as unplanned urbanisation leaves Dhaka most exposed to catastrophic losses

Flash floods triggered by onrush of water from upstream hills left two people dead in Sherpur’s Jhenaigati and Nalitabari upazilas.