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Aftershock shakes Bangladesh as earthquake death toll rises to 10

Aftershock shakes Bangladesh as earthquake death toll rises to 10

Friday’s earthquake was felt in the capital Dhaka and neighbouring districts, causing destruction and panic. A low-magnitude tremor shook Bangladesh, the national meteorological service has said, a day after a powerful earthquake struck near the capital, Dhaka, killing at least 10 people. Updating earlier tolls from Friday’s magnitude 5.5 earthquake, disaster management official Ishtiaqe Ahmed said on Saturday that “the number of casualties has reached 10, while a few hundred were injured”, according to the AFP news agency. Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list Friday’s earthquake was felt in Dhaka and neighbouring districts, causing widespread destruction and panic. Omar Faruq of the Bangladesh Meteorological Department said another minor jolt was recorded on Saturday at 10:36am (04:36 GMT). The epicentre of the magnitude 3.3 tremor was in Ashulia, just north of the capital, the meteorologist told AFP. Aftershocks are common after powerful earthquakes, but for some in Bangladesh, it has added to fears of an even greater disaster. “I don’t feel safe yet, as there was another jolt this morning in Ashulia. Maybe we are next,” said Shahnaj Parvin, who lives near the epicentre of Friday’s earthquake and had never experienced anything like that before. Cracks have developed in dozens of houses in her area, she said. “I was hanging my children’s clothes on the washing line when the tremor struck,” added Parvin. The government has activated Bangladesh’s emergency operation centre to assess the scale of the damage and to coordinate relief and rescue operations. Rubayet Kabir of the Meteorological Department’s Earthquake Observation and Research Centre said Bangladesh’s geography makes the country of 170 million people prone to earthquakes. Advertisement “Some small tremors are expected after any major earthquake,” Kabir said. “There has been no massive earthquake in the last 100 years or more, but Bangladesh has been vulnerable for quite some time,” he told AFP. On Friday, after the earthquake struck, Shadman Sakif Islam, a Dhaka resident, told Al Jazeera that “small ripples” he noticed in his coffee were followed by a “massive shake that started occurring without any warning” as the earth shook. “My chair and the table started shaking wildly, and I was stuck there for 10-15 seconds without processing what was going on,” he added. “I never felt anything like this in my whole life … I felt like riding on a boat, riding massive waves one after another,” the resident added. Al Jazeera’s Tanvir Chowdhury, reporting from Dhaka, said on Friday, “It was one of the biggest earthquakes in recent history and was very close to the capital city. The entire city was in panic.” Adblock test (Why?)

Israeli violence in the West Bank is spiralling

Israeli violence in the West Bank is spiralling

Violence is out of control in the West Bank – and the few covering it are being assaulted. In the West Bank, record levels of Israeli settler violence against Palestinians are unfolding with little mainstream coverage. The few journalists who try to report on it often face attacks themselves. When the violence is covered, the settlers are often framed as fringe actors, despite clear backing from the Israeli state. A de facto annexation is under way in the West Bank, and yet much of the international media continues to look away. Contributors:Ben Reiff – Senior editor, +972 MagazineJasper Nathaniel – JournalistLeila Warah – Bethlehem-based journalistMariam Barghouti – Ramallah-based journalist On our radar As the rhetoric coming out of the Trump administration calling for the removal of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro intensifies, much of the United States media is echoing that language. And with journalists branding Venezuela a “narco-state,” critics warn that the news media – much like in the lead-up to the Iraq War – is making the case for US military intervention. Defossilising the truth: Fighting fossil fuel disinformation As the COP30 climate summit in Belem wrapped up this week, we spoke with UN Special Rapporteur on climate change and human rights Elisa Morgera about a major barrier to real climate action: disinformation. Her latest report lays out how climate justice activists and policymakers are battling decades of coordinated greenwashing by some of the world’s biggest fossil fuel companies – efforts that continue to delay and undermine meaningful progress at this critical moment. Featuring:Elisa Morgera – UN Special Rapporteur on climate change and human rights Published On 22 Nov 202522 Nov 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share Adblock test (Why?)

Deadly skies: Why Nepal is one of the most dangerous places to fly

Deadly skies: Why Nepal is one of the most dangerous places to fly

101 East takes to the skies in Nepal and investigates the Himalayan nation’s aviation crisis. Nepal is experiencing an aviation emergency. Nestled in the Himalayas, the South Asian nation is one of the most dangerous places in the world to fly. Since 2010, there have been nearly 40 crashes involving aircraft of all sizes, from helicopters to double-engine planes, resulting in hundreds of deaths. Aviation is critical to Nepal’s tourism industry, one of the country’s main economic drivers, but critics say urgent action is needed before more people are killed. 101 East takes to the skies in Nepal and meets those affected by aviation tragedies to examine an industry in crisis. Published On 22 Nov 202522 Nov 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share Adblock test (Why?)

Delhi-NCR pollution: Air quality remains ‘very poor’ despite slight improvement in AQI

Delhi-NCR pollution: Air quality remains ‘very poor’ despite slight improvement in AQI

Delhi’s air quality persisted in the ‘very poor’ category, recording an average AQI of 359 on Saturday morning, according to data from the Air Quality Early Warning System. Despite recording a slight improvement from the average of 364 AQI recorded on Friday, a layer of toxic smog continued to envelope parts of the city early in the morning. The ITO area, which recorded an AQI of 370 in the ‘very poor category’, saw commuters going about their day amid the smog.