Dhaka, Nov. 21 -- Old Dhaka and the wider capital have been described as "highly vulnerable" to earthquakes, with Environment Advisor Syeda Rizwana Hasan urging immediate engineering solutions for ageing buildings.

Speaking on Friday, she raised concern after a 5.7-magnitude earthquake killed six people, including children, in three districts and left more than 100 injured.

Multiple residential and commercial buildings developed cracks as the quake struck with significant force, causing plaster to fall from structures across several areas.

Rizwana was speaking in Mirpur after inaugurating the Indigenous Food and Grain Fair, where she referred to gaps in disaster preparedness and said a three-year programme is required to address those ...