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At least 30 people including 17 workers of a garment factory were injured while rushing out of buildings in Cumilla and Chandpur districts during an earthquake that jolted different parts of the country on Saturday (2 December) morning.
In Cumilla, at least 20 people including 17 workers of a garment factory were injured in Chauddagram upazila of Cumilla district when the earthquake hit the country.
Trinath Saha, officer-in-charge of Chauddagram Police Station, said the seventeen workers of a garment factory, located in Mirswani area, were injured.
Meanwhile, three more people including a student of a college was also injured while coming out of buildings in separate places.
Most of the victims were given first aid while some were admitted to local hospitals.
In Chandpur, ten people were injured while coming out from a multistoried building during the earthquake in the district town in the morning.
However, all of them were slightly injured, said sources at Chandpur District Hospital.
Earlier, in the day, an earthquake jolted Dhaka and other parts of Bangladesh.
The earthquake, measuring 5.6 magnitude on the Richter Scale, was felt at 9:35 am which lasted for a few seconds, according to Bangladesh Meteorological Department.
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