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Last updated: Wednesday, 30 October, 2007

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• A workhsop was held at ITN Center, BUET on 25 october 2007, the honorable Vice Chancellor of BUET, Prof. Dr. A. M. M. Safiullah was present as the Chief guest. Details

• The Bangladesh Network Office for Urban Safety (BNUS) was inaugurated by the honorable Vice Chancellor, Prof. Dr. A. M. M. Safiullah of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology on 6 December 2006, Wednesday. Details.

• Prof. Kimiro Meguro of the University of Tokyo, delivered a talk on Recent Development of Earthquake Related Activities in Japan on Wednesday, 6 Dec 2006 at Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology. Details.

• Prof. T. Uomoto and Prof. K. Meguro, Professor, IIS, University of Tokyo, Japan met with Japanese ambassador on Wednesday, 6 December 2006. Details.

• Prof. Taketo Uomoto, Adviser, BNUS, delivered a talk on Importance of Maintenance of Existing Concrete Structures on Tuesday, 5 Dec 2006 at Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh. Details.

•  Prof. Mehedi Ahmed Ansary, project director, BNUS, attended at a project launching meeting of Seismic Hazard in Asia at Trieste, Italy from December 4-8, 2006. This project is funded by ICTP.

• Prof. Mehedi Ahmed Ansary, project director, BNUS and Dr. Munaz Ahmed Noor, project manager, BNUS attended the fifth International Symposium on New Technologies for Urban Safety of Mega Cities in Asia on Nov 16-17, 2006 at Phuket, Thailand. Details.

• Prof. Mehedi Ahmed Ansary  attended EMI Workshop at Kobe, Japan from Nov 3 - 4, 2006.

• Official activities of BNUS started at September 05, 2006.

• Prof. Mehedi Ahmed Ansary visited Moratuwa, Srilanka on March 28 - 30, 2007 to attend the seminar on Sharing Knowledge on Disaster Warning, with a focus on Community-based Last-Mile Warning Systems. Details.