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People dig through debris at the site of a collapsed building as recovery efforts continue at night following an earthquake, in Cali, Colombia August 10, 2026. Photo: Reuters

Colombia earthquake death toll surges to 224 as search for survivors continues

Emergency teams aided by police, soldiers and volunteers worked through the night with excavators and, at times, their ​bare hands, hunting for survivors beneath debris.

Photo: Mahmud Nakib/UNB

Zubaida Rahman urges unity beyond politics in responding to national disasters

People take refuge in a field after a deadly magnitude-6 earthquake that struck Afghanistan around midnight, in Dara Mazar, in Kunar province, Afghanistan, September 1, 2025. REUTERS

Afghanistan earthquake kills 800, injures 2,800, Taliban asks world for help

Speakers during a panel discussion on role of AI in disaster forecasting in the capital on 18 June 2025. Photo: TBS

Call for integrated AI framework for effective disaster forecasts

Director General of Fire Service and Civil Defence Brigadier General Md Zahid Kamal speaking as the chief guest at the inaugural session of a two-day training workshop organised for the members of the Crime Reporters Association of Bangladesh (CRAB) on 14 May 2025. Photo: UNB

Fire Service forms special force for earthquake response

Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus speaks at the 10th meeting of the Ecnec at the NEC Conference Room in the city on 7 May 2025. Photo: PID

Ecnec approves Tk244.14cr project to enhance disaster resilience

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Is Dhaka ready for an earthquake of over 7 magnitude?

For residents of this devastated Los Angeles suburb, the arrival of these men in uniform is too little, too late. Photo: BSS

Anger and resentment rise in Los Angeles over fire response

At a workshop held in the capital recently, Environment, Forest and Climate Change Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan stressted the need to develop an early warning system to prevent loss of lives during natural disasters. Photo: Courtesy

Govt working to develop early warning system to avoid loss of lives: Environment Adviser

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4 people die in two days amid floods in Cumilla

Flood-affected people have gathered in front of their homes. Photo: Masum Billah.

Wiped out by river and memory

Anil Pokhrel, Chief Executive of NDRRMA, wanted to build a single portal which can provide data on all incidents like forest fires, earthquakes, rainfall etc including loss and damage caused. Photo: Collected

Why Bangladesh needs an integrated disaster information system like Nepal’s ‘Bipad Portal’

People travel on a boat in a flooded area in downtown Porto Alegre, state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil May 17, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Adriano Machado

Cost to rebuild Brazil state after floods to be higher than initially thought, governor says