India has tightened security in its northeastern states bordering Myanmar in view of people escaping the turmoil in that country after the recent military coup.

A moderate earthquake with 5.8 magnitude shook the capital and some other parts of the country early Monday.   The epicentre of the earthquake was in the India-Myanmar border region, about 301 km South-East of Dhaka, according to Bangladesh Meteorological Department website.   The earthquake was categorised as moderate and it was felt at 4:40am, according to BMD.   However, no causalities were reported yet.   Earlier, a 5.1 magnitude earthquake shook the capital and other parts of the country on Sunday afternoon.