An earthquake measuring 5.0 on the Richter scale jolted parts of Bangladesh, including the capital Dhaka.According to Sanjay Kumar Biswas, an on-duty forecasting official at the Bangladesh Meteorological Department, the quake hit at about 2:44 .
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The fate of the Electronic Voting Machines hangs in the balance as the related project ends in June, with no sign of the Election Commission initiating any new project or plan for the maintenance and storage of the existing machines so far.