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    • Rate of returns to education for secondary school techers in Bangladesh with bootstrap sampling 

      Huq, Molla Md. Rashidul (BRAC University, 2007)
      Rate of returns to education is very important for policy makers and investors. Numerous works have been done regarding this but very few are available in the context of Bangladesh, specially addressing the teachers in ...

    • Rationalities of Z-category shares in Dhaka stock exchange: are they in financial distress risk? 

      Chowdhury, Anup; Barua, Suborna (BRAC University, 2009)
      Financial distress is a situation where a firm’s operating cash flows are not sufficient to satisfy current obligations and the firm is forced to take corrective actions, and a firm in financial distress may also face ...

    • Reading Shakespeare in the context of his own time 

      Alam, Zerin (BRAC University, 2010)
      This paper is an attempt to study Shakespeare in the context of his own age. Drawing on critical research in New Historicism and Cultural Materialism, I have attempted to show how the social practices of Elizabethan Age ...

    • Reading Shakespeare today : or, sixty years after 

      Zaman, Niaz (BRAC University, 2010)

    • Rebels through updike and desai's lenses 

      Habib, Mushira (BRAC University, 2013)
      9/11 has redefined the world’s understanding of the term ‘terrorism’ and its association with power and resistance. Post 9/11 novels attempt to represent terrorism or rebellions in a new light by investigating the psycho-social ...

    • Reconciling self-urban development practice and social justice 

      Jabeen, Huraera (BRAC University, 2005)
      We live in a world that is full of contradictions, of multiple positionalties, and of highly contested meanings and aspirations. Trying to position oneself in this complex world requires an understanding of the power, ...

    • Rodda construction: a study of earth house at rajendrapur, Gazipur 

      Uz Zaman, Q.M. Mahtab; Abdullah, Q.M. (BRAC University, 2004)
      Mud house is a typical indigenous style and is considered as an affordable means of construction to create shelter for poor. Bangladesh, due to its socio-economic condition, can harness the traditional and indigenous ...

    • Role of NGOs in rural poverty eradication: A Bangladesh observation 

      Begum, Syeda Feroza; Zaman, Sawlat Hilmi; Khan, Mohammad Shahin (BRAC University, 2004)
      This article explores the role of NGOs (Non Government Organizations) in poverty eradication especially in the rural area of Bangladesh and how they are performing. Hence theoretical background of NGOs, a detail understanding ...

    • The rural Bangladeshi courtyard 

      Ahmed, K. Iftekhar (BRAC University, 2006)
      In rural settlements of the predominant floodplains of Bangladeshi, an intrinsic component is the extended family homestead. The layout of the homestead is defined by the courtyard, formed by the arrangement of dwelling ...

    • Same old, same old: from boring to creative presentation 

      Conlan, Chris; Ahmed, Sabreena (BRAC University, 2011)
      This study compares attitudes of tertiary-level students in Australia and Bangladesh towards the use of technology in lectures and seminars. Students were shown audiovisual recordings of two seminars. The content and ...

    • Sans analysis on CTAB (Cetyltrimethyl ammonium bromide micellar solution) 

      Ullah, A.K.M. Shafiq; Kamal, Imtiaz (BRAC University, 2007)
      The CTAB (Cetyltrimethyl Bromide) micellar solutions are studied by SANS measurement for different concentrations and at different temperatures with the additives of NaSal. The concentrations are 0.1M, 0.2M and 0.4M in ...

    • Scaling up: the BRAC experience 

      Ahmed, Salehuddin; French, Micaela (BRAC University, 2006)
      BRAC, a development NGO based in Bangladesh, has demonstrated an extraordinary aptitude for program expansion, or ‘scaling up’. Only thirty-four years old, the organization is today the largest NGO in the world, with ...

    • Seasonal siitfting and its impact on crop production: local community perception of Satkhira district 

      Nipa, Sharmin Nahar; Mukherjee, Nandan; Khan, Md. Reaz Uddin; Akhter, Taslima; Khanum, Roufa; Khan, A S Moniruzzman; Nishat, Ainun (© 2016 Published by BRAC University, 2016)
      In Bangladesh, climate change apparently has started to affect the climatic parameters which cause seasonal shifting and the behavior of different seasoos. This kind of pheoomeoon is currently posing a serious threat to ...

    • Secrets of the corporate jungle, shirley peddy JAICO publishing house, India,1997 

      Anam, Rumana Liza (BRAC University, 2004)

    • Sexism in language 

      Ahmad, Naufela Nafisa; Khan, Naira (BRAC University, 2010)
      This paper aims to examine the various forms of sexism that exist within languages. Over the years sexism has been weaved into the language system so subtly that people end up submitting to sexist views without even realizing ...

    • A simple approach to countability 

      Chowdhury, Munibur Rahman (BRAC University, 2004)

    • Socio-Demographic changes in Bangladesh: a study on impact 

      Khan, H.T. Abdullah; Raeside, Robert (BRAC University, 2005)
      The paper aims at examining the socio-demographic changes over years and their impact on the future age-sex structure of population in Bangladesh. The mechanisms of change in the population are reviewed and it is shown ...

    • Solid waste management of Dhaka city: public private community partnership 

      Zahur, Moushumi (BRAC University, 2007)
      Urban solid waste management is considered as one of the most immediate and serious environmental problems confronting municipal authorities in developing Asian Countries. Although municipal authorities acknowledge the ...

    • Specific language impairment - when only language becomes difficult 

      Sultana, Asifa (BRAC University, 2010)
      Specific Language Impairment (SLI) is a language disorder that primarily affects oral language selectively. This impairment is not any sudden loss; rather some children are born with this disability. The impaired children ...

    • Stability of a chemostat model of two microorganisms 

      Hossain, A B M Shahadat; Podder, Chandra Nath (BRAC University, 2006)
      We studied stability analysis of a chemostat model of two microorganisms that incorporates both different response functions and we made a single code of the model using a computer algebra system (CAS) Mathematica for ...