ABSTRACT

The Director of Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD), Dhaka said that a warning message from the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre (PTWC) was received just after the earthquake in Sumatra. It had said that a tsunami might hit the coastal area of the Bay of Bengal, in the north of Indian Ocean, after midnight (Wednesday, September 12, 2007) (The Daily Prothom Alo, 2007). After receiving the tsunami alert from PTWC, the Government of Bangladesh issued a tsunami alert on Wednesday (September 12, 2007) night. Inter Services Public Relation Director informed certain channels that a tsunami might hit in the early morning hours of September 13, 2007 (The Daily Ittefaq, 2007).