Dhaka, May 8 -- Though there is a sharp fall in radio listenership among people in rural Bangladesh, community radio still can be an enormous tool to help vulnerable coastal people face cyclones, says a new study.

The airing of authentic news in local languages through community radios would be a great saviourfor millions of people living in the isolated and vulnerable coastal regions, mainly small chars without electricity.

The study titled 'Capacity Assessment of Community Radios for Disaster Campaign in Bangladesh' was conducted between super cyclones Titily and Fani that hit Bangladesh and Odisha coasts in 2018 and 2019.

This study is based on intensive observation of people's behaviour during the campaign on cyclonic disasters, an...