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==History==

The program was developed to work as an [[early warning system]] in coastal Bangladesh in 1973 by President [[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Challenges for disaster risk reduction|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/environment-and-climate-action/challenges-disaster-risk-reduction-1367086|website=The Daily Star|accessdate=22 September 2017|language=en|date=26 February 2017}}</ref> The program has been credited with saving thousands of lives.<ref>{{cite web|title=Early warning early action saves thousands as Cyclone Mora strikes Bangladesh|url=http://media.ifrc.org/ifrc/2017/05/30/early-warning-early-action-saves-thousands-cyclone-mora-strikes-bangladesh/|website=International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies|accessdate=22 September 2017|archive-date=22 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170922145130/http://media.ifrc.org/ifrc/2017/05/30/early-warning-early-action-saves-thousands-cyclone-mora-strikes-bangladesh/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Indian Prime Minister, [[Narendra Modi]], called it "Global Best Practice".<ref>{{cite web|title=Modi lauds Bangladesh’sBangladesh's disaster management success|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/country/modi-lauds-bangladeshs-disaster-management-success-1308922|website=The Daily Star|accessdate=22 September 2017|language=en|date=3 November 2016}}</ref> It has 55 thousand volunteers.<ref>{{cite web|title=IFRC launches emergency appeal to aid coastal communities in Bangladesh affected by Cyclone Roanu|url=http://www.ifrc.org/en/news-and-media/press-releases/asia-pacific/bangladesh/ifrc-launches-emergency-appeal-to-aid-coastal-communities-in-bangladesh-affected-by-cyclone-roanu/|website=ifrc.org|accessdate=22 September 2017|language=en}}</ref>

==References==

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[[Category:Government agencies of Bangladesh]]

[[Category:1973 establishments in Bangladesh]]

[[Category:Organisations based in Bangladesh]]

[[Category:Organisations based in Dhaka]]

[[Category:Disasters in Bangladesh]]