Disaster Management Bureau is a government bureau that manages government responses to natural disasters in Bangladesh and is located in

Dhaka Dhaka ( or ; , ), List of renamed places in Bangladesh, formerly known as Dacca, is the capital city, capital and list of cities and towns in Bangladesh, largest city of Bangladesh. It is one of the list of largest cities, largest and list o ...

Bangladesh Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eighth-most populous country in the world and among the List of countries and dependencies by ...

History

The Disaster Management Bureau by

Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief The Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief (; ''Duryōga byabasthāpanā ō trāṇa mantraṇālaẏa'') is a ministry of the government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh, responsible for disaster management and relief. After the indep ...

in 1993. Following the

1991 Bangladesh cyclone The 1991 Bangladesh Cyclone has been noted as one of the deadliest tropical cyclones in recorded history. It was also one of the most powerful cyclones in the Indian Ocean. Forming out of a large area of convection over the Bay of Bengal on Apr ...

and floods in Bangladesh, the government felt a need for a dedicated bureau to manage relief operations in the country. The bureau is headed by a Director General.

References

Government agencies of Bangladesh 1993 establishments in Bangladesh Organisations based in Dhaka Emergency services in Bangladesh {{Bangladesh-org-stub