Bangladesh has made commendable progress in ensuring equity for women and maintained a steady pace in human development over last two decades according to the UNDP's Human Development Report. Despite global economic recessions, in last five years the economy of the country has grown at a rate over 6%.  Child mortality has fallen substantially and gender parity in primary and secondary education has been achieved.  

Bangladesh has achieved marvelous success defying frequent devastations from multiple hazards like floods, cyclones, droughts, salinity, waterlogging, river and coastal erosion, hailstorms, tornados, tidal surge, earthquake, landslides, tsunami and fire. There are also the human induced disasters like road accidents, fire, ferry tragedies and building collapse. Disaster scenario in Bangladesh is dominated by climate change induced hazards.  Bangladesh leads the Top 10 countries in the Asia-Pacific region based on absolute physical exposure for floods; 5th for storms; and 8th for earthquakes.