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Women’s perceptions towards ride-sharing services: The case of Dhaka city
(Brac University, 2020-08)
The global ride-sharing industry is booming and Bangladesh is no exception. Today, it makes up
almost a quarter of Bangladesh’s transport sector. It has increased the mobility of the middle
class in big cities such as ...
Climate change and urban resilience: a study on the city of Dhaka
(BRAC University, 2018-09)
Among all Asian cities, Dhaka is the most vulnerable to climate change impacts having lower adaptive capacity, higher exposure and higher sensitivity. For its huge urban poor population a variable and unpredictable climate ...
A microhistory of a mass mobilisation: Peasant agency and solidarity in the 1990 anti-shrimp movement of polder 22, Khulna
(Brac University, 2020-09)
Karunamoyee Sarder was killed in November, 1990 while leading a protest against shrimp
aquaculture in Polder 22 of Paikgacha, Khulna, Bangladesh. Karunamoyee and other landless
protestors were attacked with guns and ...