<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>France will provide assistance in setting up lightning protection devices, constructing infrastructure and providing training in addition to exchanging technical knowledge on it in Bangladesh.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>State Minister for Disaster Management and Relief&nbsp; Md Mohibbur Rahman said this while talking to reporters on Monday after a meeting with France Ambassador to Bangladesh Marie Masdupuy&nbsp; at the secretariat.</div><div><br></div><div>Voicing concern over the rising fatalities from lightning strikes recently, the state minister said the government is working to reduce the number of fatalities and losses caused by lightning strikes.</div><div><br></div><div>Apart from raising awareness among people over lightning, effective measures will be taken to install lightning prevention devices, he added.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd/fas</div>