Since the initiation of the Comprehensive Disaster Management Project, disaster management practices in Bangladesh have shifted from response and relief dependency to risk reduction approaches. This is comparable with the Thomas Khunian concept, as recent events have seen a paradigm shift in the epistemology processes.  

Disaster risk reduction on a government level began with the initiation of the Indian Meteorological Department after the great Bakerganj cyclone in 1876. The creation of the meteorological service enhanced later development of modern weather services in the region. Besides that, in the regime of East Pakistan the initiation of a Cyclone Preparedness Program by the then National Red Cross Society and post colonial period occurred during the 1970s and late 80s saw other mentionable efforts in risk reduction promotion such as the building of numerous cyclone shelter centres, embankment construction, coastal green plantation and the creation of the Flood Action Plan after the devastating flood in 1988.