ABSTRACT
The People’s Republic of Bangladesh is one of the largest deltas in the world and is geographically highly vulnerable to disasters. The land area of this country is 147,750 square km consisting almost 80 percent of floodplains. Most of its west, north and east sides are surrounded by India, a part of its east side abuts Myanmar and its south side fronts onto the Bay of Bengal. Its density of population is 834/square km, which is very high. The history of Bangladesh is little known to the wider world; in the West media emphasizes its poverty, underdevelopment, disasters, political instability, popular unrest and economic uncertainty. Bangladesh has a history of striking policies but poor implementation since late seventies, she losses in public sector enterprises etc. The Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami in 2004 caused over 220,000 deaths, and displaced 500,000 persons in Sri Lanka alone.
