Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (December 19) expressed shock and sorrow of the casualties in the deadliest earthquake in years in remote villages of northwest China's Gansu province.

Over one hundred people died and several hundreds were injured in the tremor just before last midnight.

Ealier, at least 111 people have been killed and another 220 injured following an earthquake on Monday night in north-west China, state media report.

The 5.9 magnitude quake struck Gansu province around midnight (16:00 GMT), bringing down buildings there and in Qinghai province to the south.

BDST: 1531 HRS, DEC 19, 2023
MSK