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Bangladesh: Addressing school safety

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The Daily Star reports social issues in budgeting, highlighting Dhaka's earthquake vulnerability.

The Food and Disaster Minister Abdur Razzak admits that "the government has prepared a list of 70,000 houses in earthquake risk in Dhaka city through a survey conducted by scientists from home and abroad as Bangladesh is under earthquake risk." The report continues, "To him, at least 2.5 lakh buildings of the country are extremely vulnerable to earthquake and tsunami. Schools are not excluded from the list in deed."

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Hazards Earthquake
Themes Education and school safety Risk identification and assessment Governance Economics of DRR Critical infrastructure
Country and region Bangladesh
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