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Defining and measuring literacy: facing the reality
(© 2011 Springer Science+Business Media B.V., 2011-08)
Increasing recognition of a broadened concept of literacy challenges policy-makers and practitioners to re-define literacy operationally, develop and apply appropriate methods of assessing literacy and consider and act ...
Digitization of the entire traffic system and mitigation of the ongoing traffic crisis across cities of developing nations
(© 2015 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2016-01)
This paper focuses on a novel approach for handling the present traffic situation in perspective of Bangladesh. The initial plan is to moderate the ongoing traffic predicament that currently plagues Dhaka city and gradually ...
Alternative scenarios for BRAC University
(© 2013 Emerald Group Publishing Limited., 2013)
Purpose: This article aims to present the scenarios, visions and strategies that resulted from a three day foresight workshop for BRAC University in Rajendrapur, Bangladesh. Design/methodology/approach: The workshops used ...
School drop out in Bangladesh: insights using panel data
(© 2012 Elsevier Ltd., 2013)
This paper examines the relative strength of different factors associated with school drop out using data collected between 2007 and 2009 in Bangladesh. A sample of 9046 children, aged 4-15, was selected across six districts ...
Work-life balance: is it still a new concept in private commercial banking sector of Bangladesh?
(© 2012 Consortia Academia Publishing, 2012-10)
This paper represents the current scenario of work-life balance in private commercial banks of
Bangladesh which indicates a pessimistic approach has been adopted by the management.
Apart from the multinational banks, ...
Optimization of photonic crystal waveguide based optical filter
(© 2014 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2014)
In the emerging field of signal processing and optical communication technologies, photonic integrated circuits based on Photonic Crystals are being immensely favoured. Photonic crystals possess the property of inhibiting ...
Antioxidant, analgesic and anti-inflammatory activities of the herb Eclipta Prostrate
(© 2011 Academic Journals Inc., 2011)
The present study was designed to investigate the antioxidant, analgesic and anti-inflammatory potential of the methanolic extract along with its organic soluble fractions of the herb Eclipta prostrata. In addition, total ...
War or health? assessing public health education and the potential for primary prevention
(© 2013 Public Health Reports, 2013-11)
The performance analysis of private conventional banks: a case study of Bangladesh
(© 2013 IOSR Journal of Business and Management (IOSR-JBM), 2013-08)
This study attempts primarily to measure the financial performance of some selected privatecommercial banks in Bangladesh for the period 2006-2011 and to identify whether any relationship exists
between a bank’s years of ...
Contrasting adaptation responses by squatters and low-income tenants in Khulna, Bangladesh
This paper examines patterns of adaptive behaviour in low-income settlements(1) in Khulna, Bangladesh's third largest city. It contrasts the adaptive behaviours of "squatter" households who "own" their land with those of ...