disaster

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

Call for integrated AI framework for effective disaster forecasts

The objective of the event was to bolster anticipatory actions for disaster management by aligning scientific forecasting with humanitarian response strategies

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
Bangladesh

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
Bangladesh

Ecnec approves Tk244.14cr project to enhance disaster resilience

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Bangladesh

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
World+Biz

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
Bangladesh

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

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Bangladesh

4 people die in two days amid floods in Cumilla

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

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
Panorama

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
World+Biz

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

A drone view shows an area affected by heavy rain brought flash floods and landslides in Tanah Datar, West Sumatra province, Indonesia, May 12, 2024, in this photo taken by Antara Foto. Photo: Antara Foto/Adi Prima/via REUTERS
Environment

Floods kill 41 in Indonesia's West Sumatra, 17 missing

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Bangladesh

Experts urge govt to declare heatwave a disaster

Photo: Mehedi Hasan/TBS
Supplement

Bolstering disaster preparedness essential for building smart Bangladesh