The recent earthquake that shook Dhaka may have lasted only a few seconds, but for thousands of students living in old residential halls at Dhaka University, those seconds felt like a warning. Many of ...

Dhaka and Bangladesh's other densely populated cities stand exposed to alarming seismic hazards—an uncomfortable truth underscored by the magnitude 5.7 earthquake that rattled the nation on November ...

Dr Shahria Alam is full professor of civil engineering and the principal’s research chair in Resilient & Green Infrastructure at the University of British Columbia (UBC)’s Okanagan campus in Canada.

In a subduction zone, one plate slides beneath another. Here, the Indian plate is going under the Burma plate. A massive ...

The fate of a megacity like Dhaka facing a potential major earthquake depends on its level of preparation, scientific insight, and coordinated action, says the writer. Without these, she adds, an ...

Friday's severe earthquakes damaged at least 300 buildings in Dhaka, with 25 partially collapsed. Among them, Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) has identified five as extremely dangerous and ...

Central Bangladesh, including capital Dhaka, the most densely populated megacity (population above 10 million) in the world has been shaken by a series of earthquakes over just two days, raising ...

Bangladesh wicket-keeper batter Mushfiqur Rahim has reacted after winning the Player of the Match award when his side won the ...

An earthquake of magnitude 3.9 struck Bhutan on Sunday afternoon, as reported by the National Center for Seismology (NCS). In ...

A 5.7-magnitude earthquake in Bangladesh has caused at least 10 deaths and significant damage. Occurring over 32 hours, the ...

A 3.3 magnitude earthquake struck Ashulia, Savar near Dhaka, an aftershock of Friday's 5.7 magnitude tremor. The epicentre ...

Harry Tector hits a half-century as Ireland push Bangladesh into the fifth day of their second Test in Mirpur.