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PM expresses shock over earthquake casualties in China

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, a person injured in an earthquake is transferred to a hospital in Jishishan Bao'an, Dongxiang, Sala Autonomous County of Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Gansu Province, Tuesday, Dec 19, 2023. At least 100 people were killed in a magnitude 6.2 earthquake in a cold and mountainous region in northwestern China, the country's state media reported on Tuesday.
In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, a person injured in an earthquake is transferred to a hospital in Jishishan Bao'an, Dongxiang, Sala Autonomous County of Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Gansu Province, Tuesday, Dec 19, 2023. At least 100 people were killed in a magnitude 6.2 earthquake in a cold and mountainous region in northwestern China, the country's state media reported on Tuesday. Photo : Fan Peishen/Xinhua via AP

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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday expressed deep shock and sorrow over the casualties in the worst earthquake in years in China's northwest province of Gansu. 

More than one hundred people were killed and several hundreds injured in the China's deadliest tremor in 13 years.

The 6.2 magnitude quake hit mountainous Gansu province just before Monday midnight, which also shook neighbouring Qinghai.

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