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Maj General (Retd) Tarique Ahmed Siddique, Security Adviser to the Prime Minister and Chief of Bangladesh Navy Vice Admiral M Farid Habib watching annual final round exercise of Bangladesh Navy in the deep sea on Monday.

19 Feb 2014, 12:00 am0

About 1.8pc GDP lost due to disaster’

Economic Reporter :Disasters such as earthquake, fire, flood, drought, cyclone and salinity are damaging lives, crops and infrastructures, causing a huge economic loss in the country. Every year, we incur 1.8 percent of GDP loss due to natural disaster. “Earthquake and fire are affecting lives and infrastructure, flood is affecting crops, roads, river side houses, drought affecting land and salinity intrusion and cyclone are affecting livelihoods”, said Md. Quamrul Hasan, former Joint Secretary of Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief,...

2 Aug 2018, 12:00 am