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Following the landslide in Chittagong, Bangladesh, that was caused by torrental rain, M. Miyanur Rahman of Islamic Relief Worldwide is urging the government to introduce disaster risk management measures in the affected areas...
UNISDR chief Margareta Wahlstrom said of Bangladesh, 'You have to have a good preparedness and response system. That is necessary, but there is also a lot to do when it comes to development planning, investment in safer infrastructure and reducing risk factors'...
'Whilst strengthening our efforts in responding to disasters, we must strategise on ways to reduce the risks that disasters pose, whether they be floods, cyclones or earthquakes,' writes Stefan Priesner, UNDP Country Director in Bangladesh...
Tasneem Siddiqui exposes the unintended consequences of treating migration as a threat. He argues that the population movement threat of climate change can be transformed into an opportunity in the adaptation process of climate induced displacement...
As UNISDR observed the International Day for Disaster Reduction, the Daily Star reviewed the capacity of Bangladesh in matters of tackling disaster risks. Over the last two decades, Bangladesh suffered from various natural hazards such as tropical cyclones, flood, tornadoes, earthquakes...
In his article for the Daily Star, M. Mizanur Rahman focuses on mass awareness and household level preparation for minimizing the losses from earthquake...
Local civil engineers are transferring retrofitting technology from Japanese experts to turn important public buildings into tremor resistant to minimise damage from possible high-intensity earthquake, reports the Daily Star...
Development researchers Shammunul Islam and M. Mizanur Rahman take a look at the effect of climate change on urban populations and stresses the urgency for the government along with development partners to plan ahead...
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