With a view to creating awareness among people regarding earthquake to reduce the losses of life and property, a symposium titled ‘Earthquake Prediction, Preparedness and Response’ was held at Dhaka University (DU).
Department of Disaster Science and Management of DU organised the programme on Sunday at Nabab Nawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Bhaban. Vice-Chancellor (VC) of DU Prof. Dr. Md. Akhtaruzzaman inaugurated the symposium as the chief guest.
Pro-Vice Chancellor (Academic) Prof. Dr. Nasreen Ahmad addressed it as special guest with Dean of the Faculty of Earth and Environmental Sciences of DU Prof. Dr. ASM Maksud Kamal in the chair.
Director of Earthquake Monitoring and Prediction Technology Research Centre of Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School of China Prof. Wang Xinan also addressed the event. While addressing the event, Prof. Dr. Md. Akhtaruzzaman stressed the need for creating awareness among the people regarding earthquake. He also urged the people to follow the building code while making buildings to avoid any kind of disaster.
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Department of Disaster Science and Management of Dhaka University and the Earthquake Monitoring and Prediction Technology Research Centre of Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, China was also signed at the inaugural session of the symposium.
