http://dspace.bracu.ac.bd:80 The DSpace digital repository system captures, stores, indexes, preserves, and distributes digital research material. 2012-02-20T19:40:59Z http://hdl.handle.net/10361/1605 e-Bulletin January 2012 BRAC University 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10361/1602 e-Bulletin December 2011 BRAC University 2011-12-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10361/1599 Analysis of credibility of Hadiths and its influence among the Bangladeshi Youth Ali, Ratib Mortuza The research paper strives to justify the position of hadiths in Islam. By extensive research, the author comes to the conclusion that adhering to hadiths is only a faith choice, and is not backed by any Islamic logic, contrary to what the mainstream Muslims would like to believe. The paper discusses the necessity, origin and content of the hadiths while making that judgment. The paper also includes research on the perspective of young adults in Bangladesh regarding hadiths and their importance. This component of the research compared the viewpoints of the pupils of the madrasha system with those from a non-madrasha background. In the end, the paper concludes that Bangladeshis are apathetic towards religion, and that practicing religion perhaps is a cultural emblem for the youth of this country. 2010-12-11T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10361/1596 Malnourishment and sex bias in multidimensional child poverty Fakir, Adnan M.S. Evidence of severe malnourishment and anti-female sex bias has been found in the Korail urban slum settlement of Dhaka. The sex bias is reflected in terms of lower growth dynamics, varying degrees of malnourishment and deprivation in several development indicators. The study deployed a weighted Alkire-Foster methodology for identifying multidimensional poverty and has identified behavioral and public health attributes to play a significantly larger role in reducing malnourishment and sex bias compared to economic variables, such as income and assets. Mother‟s education for the region of study, although lowered malnourishment, was surprisingly found to not play a significant role in sex bias reduction. An ordered logistic regression model was run to determine the statistical significance of the variables which yielded amongst others that deprivations in type of latrine used and in awareness of local medical costing significantly increased malnourishment. 2011-08-13T00:00:00Z