Report | Yesterday there was an earthquake in the Dhaka city. Now write a report on it.

Staff Correspondent: A moderate earthquake shook the capital in the early hours yesterday, causing panic among the people. The official sources said the tremor measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale that struck at 12:25 am. Its epicentre was 238 kilometres north east off the Dhaka seismic centre. At least 14 students at Jagannath, Mohsin and Ziaur Rahman halls of Dhaka University (DU) were injured as they jumped off the balconies in fright. Abul Kalam Azad of Bangla department who jumped from the window of his second floor room at Ziaur Rahman Hall broke his leg, reports our DU correspondent. People from differnt parts of the city including Dhanmondi, Mirpur, Kataban, Shantinagar, rajabazar, Eskation, Jatrabari, Uttara and Lamatia also came out of their houses in fear. Abul Kalam, who works at a private organization, said he suddenly woke up with the feeling that he was sleeping of a cradle. In seconds I realized that it was earthquake. I screamed in fear and immediately took everyone of my family out of home. Ten minor or moderate earthquakes have so far hit the capital this year.