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Representational Image. REUTERS/Toru Hanai
World+Biz

Weather disasters killed 2 million in last 50 years, UN agency says

Seabed mining is potentially a hugely lucrative business but could lead to worsening of climate change. Photo: Collected
Panorama

A startup plans to mine the ocean floor. It could be a disaster

File Photo/ Collected
Bangladesh

Lightning strike turning into deadliest disaster in Bangladesh: Experts

Disaster imagination webinar promoting a safer Dhaka
Climate Change

Disaster imagination webinar promoting a safer Dhaka

Smoke rises from a fire onboard the MV X-Press Pearl vessel in the seas off the Colombo Harbour, in Sri Lanka May 30, 2021. Sri Lanka Airforce Media/Handout via REUTERS
South Asia

Disaster feared as chemical cargo ship sinks off Sri Lanka

Former special advisor to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Dominic Cummings, is seen outside of his house, in London, Britain, May 4, 2021. REUTERS/Toby Melville
World+Biz

UK failed ‘disastrously’ in Covid-19 crisis, PM Johnson’s ex-chief adviser says

Former special advisor to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Dominic Cummings, is seen outside of his house, in London, Britain, May 4, 2021. REUTERS/Toby Melville
Coronavirus chronicle

British PM's former top adviser says early Covid-19 plan was a "disaster"

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Sketch: TBS
Environment

PM urges people to be alert to reduce disaster risks

Small world, big problem. Photographer: Joel Saget/AFP/Getty Images via Bloomberg
Bloomberg Special

The next global disaster is on its way, and we aren’t ready

A devastated house in the coastal area after cyclone Amphan stikes. Photo: TBS
Climate Change

Cyclone Amphan to Australia wildfire: Climate misery worsened by pandemic in 2020

The human response to a man-made disaster
World+Biz

The human response to a man-made disaster

Brac’s training on disaster preparedness concludes
Bangladesh

Brac’s training on disaster preparedness concludes

FILE PHOTO: People walk along Friedrichstrasse street which is closed for traffic for two days as a test project, in Berlin, Germany, October 6, 2019. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke
Coronavirus chronicle

German business decries gradual easing of coronavirus curbs as 'disaster'