Sri Lanka to learn from Bangladesh on disaster management
Posted by ONLANKA Newsroom on June 21, 2017 - 6:59 am
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena said on Tuesday that he would explore the possibility of getting some help from Bangladesh regarding disaster management and recovery.
His office said the president made the comment when meeting Bangladesh High Commissioner to Sri Lanka Riaz Hamidullah.
The Bangladeshi high commissioner called on Sirisena to hand over cash donations as flood aid to the government of Sri Lanka.
President Sirisena said he would seek the possibility of introducing climate resilient crops in Bangladesh to Sri Lanka in the future.
(Xinhua)
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Well, many parts of Bangladesh will come under water with rising sea levels. They should be on top of Disaster management & preparation. On the other hand, Bangladesh was never affected by the Tsunami. During Tsunami (in SL), one hundred million people got displaced, 31,229 died and 4,093 got missing. Are we going to learn from Bangladesh or Bangladesh going to learn from us? Or both of us going to learn from each other?