Bangladesh experienced a steady rise in GDP growth during the last five years (2003-2007) when it grew at an average annual rate of more than 6 percent compared with 5 percent over the previous five years. Higher growth, together with a fall in population growth to less than 1.5 percent in recent years, led to a rapid growth in per capita GDP (Bangladesh Bank, 2008:1). Although natural disasters have become very common to Bangladesh. Bangladesh as a developing country can not avoid natural disaster at any rate.
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