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Workshop at Sirajganj

25 June 2009, 17:00 PM

Our Correspondent, Sirajganj

Speakers at a workshop yesterday said disaster management and development activities should be done in a coordinated way. Failure to conduct proper development activities and provide people with necessary services leads to disaster that has increased in absence of good governance during the last few years, they said at the workshop. Bangladesh Disaster Prepared Center (BDPC) organised the workshop titled The Role of Mass Media and Civil Society to Reduce Disaster Risk Through Establishing Good Governance on the premises of Public Library in Sirajganj town. Emphasising the role of mass media in enhancing development activities and ensuring the rights of people, speakers said establishing good governance is essential for implementation of development works.