The five who died were reportedly from Dhaka, Jamalpur, northern Rajshahi, Panchagarh and Lalmonirhat.

A powerful 6.7-magnitude quake with epicentre in neighbouring India strikes Bangladesh, prompting people to rush out of their homes in panic resulting in death of three people and injury to almost 100 others.

A youth died due to heart attack in Dhaka and another person succumbed to his injuries sustained while rushing out from his home in Rajshahi district, some 256 km west of capital Dhaka.

The tremor was felt throughout Bangladesh around 4:35 AM local time.

Nearly entire country was jolted strongly early this morning as a strong 6.6 magnitude natural disaster hit Indian state Manipur, an official of Bangladesh Meteorological Department(BMD) told BSS.

Numerous injured in the capital were students of the Dhaka University, said Dhaka Medical College and Hospital police outpost's Inspector Mozammel Haque. Panicked people rushed out of their residences and came to their nearby roads following the jolts. No casualties were reported in the incident. TV news channels reported that several dilapidated buildings in the old part of Dhaka developed cracks after the pre-dawn quake.

In Sylhet, which borders northeast India, 32 people injured in similar circumstances were admitted to the hospital.

As buildings started shake and sway at 5:05am, thousands jumped out of their beds and desperately tried to get out of their homes.