A 5.9 earthquake shook Dhaka and some parts of Bangladesh yesterday afternoon, according to USGS.

A 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Kamchatka in Russia’s Far East on Saturday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said.

The death toll from deadly flash floods that swept two Indonesian islands, including tourist hotspot Bali, rose to 19 yesterday, officials said, with five others missing.

The quake was at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles)

Erosion by Old Brahmaputra and Jingiram rivers has devoured at least 50 houses in Jamalpur's Bakshiganj upazila, said an official of Water Development Board (WDB).

Water levels of Teesta and Dudhkumar rivers start to drop

Chars, riverside villages in Lalmonirhat, Kurigram, Rangpur, Gaibandha, and Nilphamari inundated

Padma in Rajshahi flowing 0.61m below the danger mark

Officials call for modern protection measures

There is no waterlogging this year, says an official of the Raozan Municipality

Around 70% of the municipality is affected if it rains for an hour

Heavy rains have inundated vast stretches of farmland across 21 districts in Barishal, Khulna, Chattogram and Dhaka divisions, leaving thousands of farmers devastated as crops and fish enclosures were washed away over the past week.

More than 100 villages remain inundated following embankment breaches at 20 points in Feni, while a fresh threat looms in the north as the rising Teesta river may trigger temporary flooding in low-lying areas of Rangpur, Nilphamari, Kurigram and Lalmonirhat.

People suffered due to waterlogging in Cox's Bazar, Patuakhali, Feni, Bhola, Barishal, and Khulna

Four breaches occurred in Parshuram upazila and three in Fulgazi

Heavy to very heavy rainfall is likely in Muhuri basin over next 24 hours

Residents demand permanent embankment

The 11km Bandherhaat-Rakhalgachhi road in Pabna has long been in a sorry state, causing sufferings to locals

A magnitude-5.3 earthquake struck central Pakistan on Sunday morning, according to the United States Geological Survey

A magnitude-6.1 earthquake struck deep off the coast of the southern Philippines on Saturday, the United States Geological Survey said