Dhaka, April 11 -- A light earthquake shook Dhaka and several other parts of the country on Friday afternoon.

According to the Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD), the tremor was recorded at 4:53 pm with a magnitude of 4.0 on the Richter scale.

The epicentre was located near the Bangladesh-India border at latitude 24.05degN and longitude 91.37degE, about 105 kilometres east-northeast of the BMD Seismic Centre in Agargaon, Dhaka.

No damage or casualties were reported immediately after the quake.

Published by HT Digital Content Services with permission from United News of Bangladesh....