Tragic Earthquake in Bangladesh Claims Five Lives and Injures Hundreds

Sun Nov 23 2025 11:41:58 GMT+0200 (Eastern European Standard Time)

A 5.5 magnitude earthquake struck near Dhaka, resulting in fatalities and significant injuries as residents fled from buildings.

An earthquake of 5.5 magnitude has hit Bangladesh, particularly affecting the vicinity of Dhaka, leading to the deaths of at least five people, including a child, and injuring over 450 others. The quake's epicenter was near the Narsingdi district, prompting mass evacuations and a reported stampede at Dhaka University. Officials are currently assessing damage and casualties.

At least five people have been killed, including one child, and more than 450 injured after a 5.5 magnitude earthquake hit Bangladesh.

The epicentre of the earthquake was close to the Narsingdi district, about 30 kilometres (18.6 miles) from the capital, Dhaka.

People rushed from residential buildings as buildings shook and makeshift structures collapsed. At least 10 students were injured in a stampede as they tried to leave Dhaka University on Friday.

We have never experienced an earthquake this powerful in the last five years, said the country's environmental adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan.

At least three people were killed when a railing and debris fell from a five-storey building in Dhaka's Armanitola area, according to deputy police commissioner Mallik Ahsan Uddin Sami.

Nitai Chandra De Sarkar, director of the department's monitoring division, confirmed that 461 people had been reported injured across the country, including 252 in the Gazipur district, north of Dhaka.

Sarker told the BBC: Our main task at the moment is to assess casualties and damage. We are not yet seeing the challenge of rescue from the rubble or debris management at that level.

Bengali Sadman Sakib recounted to Reuters: I have never felt such tremor in my 30 years of life. We were at the office when the furniture started shaking. We rushed down the stairs on the street and saw other people on the road already.

A student called Abdullah, who was sleeping at the time of the earthquake, described how the whole building was shaking.

Tremors were also felt in eastern Indian states bordering Bangladesh, although no major damage was reported there.

The earthquake even caused a temporary halt in Ireland's second cricket test match in Bangladesh. Players and coaches gathered at the boundary while spectators took shelter, but play resumed soon after.

Ireland's head coach Heinrich Malan shared his experience, saying: It's never a nice feeling and you're trying to understand what is happening in the moment around you, but also the bigger impacts about where the earthquake struck. We got back to business, but we're thinking of everyone and hoping there wasn't too much damage done.