Health Desk-14 Oct,
2019: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said Bangladesh is now a role
model in disaster management along with development in the world as she
addressed a function on International Day for Disaster Reduction, reports BSS.
“Bangladesh became a role model not only in development but
also in disaster management in the world”, she told the function at Bangabandhu
International Conference Center in the capital.
Mentioning government’s different successes in disaster
management, the premier said “Our government has achieved a great success in
reducing risk and losses of lives and properties caused by cyclone, flood,
drought and earthquake which earned international community’s acclamation.”
The prime minister also directed concerned authorities to
take necessary steps to avoid losses of lives and properties caused by natural
disasters.
The prime minister said Father of the Nation Bangabandhu
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was the pioneer in disaster risk reduction programmes in
the country, adding Bangabandhu had taken various initiatives like building 172
‘Mujib Kellas’ to protect the lives and properties from devastating
cyclone.
Among others, State Minister for Disaster Management and
Relief Dr Md Enamur Rahman, Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on
Disaster Management and Relief Ministry AB Tajul Islam and Senior Secretary of
the Ministry Md Shah Kamal, spoke on the occasion.
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