Mahbuba Nasreen

Bangladesh is highly susceptible to natural and human-induced disasters due to its geophysical location, land characteristics, and anthropogenic causes.

Addressing the differential impacts of disasters on intersectional categories requires pragmatic and effective policies with implementation strategies.

South Asian countries are highly susceptible to natural and human induced disasters due to its geophysical location, land characteristics and other factors. 

During his recent visit to Bangladesh, John Kerry, the US special presidential envoy for climate, handed over an invitation letter to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to participate in the forthcoming virtual Leaders’ Summit on Climate.

Bangladesh has been facing the challenges of disasters due to natural or anthropogenic causes for decades. Prior to independence, this part of land was recognised only as a poor and disaster-prone one.

Since the late-20th-century, a shift in paradigm has happened in the intellectual arena of architecture, art, literature, philosophy, history, economics, fiction, etc. It happened mostly in the industrialised countries and emerged as Postmodernism, a critique of “modernism”.