By Saleh Noman
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Asked what are the reasons behind such progress, an government official said that the government has specific plans, mainly three core goals in addressing all pre and post disasters - saving lives, protecting investments, effective recovery and rebuilding structures.
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He further explained that Bangladesh has taken a holistic approach towards disaster management, where emphasis has been given to working together with all stakeholders to build strategic, scientific and implementation partnerships with all relevant government departments and agencies.
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Arif Abdullah Khan, Programm analyst of The United Nation Development Program UNDP said, “Among the programs undertaken by Bangladesh to address the dilemma, SOD and volunteer-based warnings and response programs are unique in the world.”
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“A total of 19 districts of the country are prone to cyclone and 31 districts are prone to floods,” he added saying, “the losses have also come down as the policies adopted to deal with the dilemma have been quite effective.”
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