Experts at a training programme here have laid emphasis on adoption of community-based early preparedness to reduce risks of natural disasters like floods in natural calamity-prone areas.
They came up with the view at the daylong programme on ‘ Disaster Management Affairs Training’ that ended at Nageswari Upazila Parishad auditorium in Kurigram district on Friday afternoon.
The Department of Disaster Management of the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief organised the training programme moderated by Nageswari Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Sankar Kumar Biswas.
A total of 420 participants, including chairmen and secretaries of all 15 unions and members of Union Disaster Management Committees (UDMCs) of the upazila participated in the programme.
Additional secretary of the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief and Director (Research and Training) of the Department of Disaster Management Harun Ar Rashid, its Joint Secretary Sultana Sayeeda, Director Anisur Rahman and Deputy Director (Training) Nurunnahar Chowdhury delivered presentations as resource persons.
Nageswari Upazila Parishad Chairman Abul Kashem, Upazila Project Implementation Officer Md Sirajuddowla, participating union chairmen, presidents and secretaries of the UDMCs took part in open discussions.
The resource persons narrated natural disasters like earthquake, cyclones, tsunami, droughts, floods, erosions, heavy rains and droughts and elaborated the statistics with loses of human lives and properties, way-outs and means for reducing disaster risks.
They put emphasis on creating awareness, early preparedness and efficient emergency response management systems at community levels through effective dissemination of information to minimise damages during natural disasters like floods.
BCL leaders vow to build prosperous Sonar Bangla
Leaders of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) at a post-procession discussion today vowed to build a prosperous Sonar Bangla free from poverty and exploitation as dreamt by Bangabandhu.
Terming the August 15 assassinations of Bangabandhu and most of his family members as part of deep-rooted conspiracies, they said the killers wanted to make the Bangali nation leaderless and destroy the spirit of the War of Liberation.
Earlier, the city unit of BCL brought out a mourning procession from its office in observance of the National Mourning Day and 43rd martyrdom anniversary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
Later, the BCL leaders placed wreaths at the mural of Bangabandhu at Bangabandhu Square and held the discussion there.
President of city unit of BCL Shafiur Rahman presided over the discussion on the life, works, struggle, sacrifice and contributions of Bangabandhu while its General Secretary Sheikh Asif moderated the occasion.
President of city unit of Awami League (AL) Shafiur Rahman attended the discussion as the chief guest while its General Secretary Tushar Kanti Mandal delivered the keynote speech.
The speakers strongly condemned the assassinations of Bangabandhu and most of his family members on August 15 and demanded to bring back all absconding killers of Bangabandhu to the country for their execution.
The chief guest urged leaders and activists of BCL, AL and its associate bodies and common people to forge a rock-solid unity to foil all conspiracies being hatched by the BNP-Jamaat clique and anti-liberation forces against the nation’s advancement.
