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Editorial / Earthquake damaged schools

THE aftershocks of the massive quakes epicentered in Nepal have resulted in damages to some 61 primary schools in nine upazilas of Pabna district.

LESSONS FROM THE NEPAL EARTHQUAKE / Prepare and survive

It is impossible to remain unmoved by the humanitarian disaster unfolding in Nepal after last week's earthquake of magnitude 7.9. The death-toll has already crossed 5,000 as rescue operations are being wound down.

CHINTITO SINCE 1995 / Fear is not the key

THE Nepal earthquake of April 25, its worst in four decades, has again given free fodder to even freer speculations from the layman to the experts...

Nepal earthquake: Relief starts reaching remote villages

Aid begins to reach remote regions near the epicentre of Saturday's devastating earthquake in Nepal.

'Dhaka is one of the riskiest cities for earthquakes in the world'

Dr Syed Humayun Akhter, Professor and Chairman of Department of Geology at Dhaka University, speaks to Nahela Nowshin of The Daily Star about earthquake risk assessment and management in Bangladesh.

May 23, 2015
May 23, 2015

Earthquake damaged schools

THE aftershocks of the massive quakes epicentered in Nepal have resulted in damages to some 61 primary schools in nine upazilas of Pabna district.

May 8, 2015
May 8, 2015

Prepare and survive

It is impossible to remain unmoved by the humanitarian disaster unfolding in Nepal after last week's earthquake of magnitude 7.9. The death-toll has already crossed 5,000 as rescue operations are being wound down.

May 1, 2015
May 1, 2015

Fear is not the key

THE Nepal earthquake of April 25, its worst in four decades, has again given free fodder to even freer speculations from the layman to the experts...

April 29, 2015
April 29, 2015

Nepal earthquake: Relief starts reaching remote villages

Aid begins to reach remote regions near the epicentre of Saturday's devastating earthquake in Nepal.

April 29, 2015
April 29, 2015

'Dhaka is one of the riskiest cities for earthquakes in the world'

Dr Syed Humayun Akhter, Professor and Chairman of Department of Geology at Dhaka University, speaks to Nahela Nowshin of The Daily Star about earthquake risk assessment and management in Bangladesh.