A.S. Shafiuddin Ahmed, Sharmin Sultana, Ahasan Habib, Hadayet Ullah et al.
The Karnaphuli River estuary, located in southeast coast of Bangladesh, is largely exposed to heavy metal contamination as it receives a huge amount of untreated industrial effluents from the Chottagram City. This study aimed to assess the concentrations of five heavy metals (As, Pb, Cd, Cr and Cu) ...
Samir K. Saha, Stephanie J. Schrag, Shams El Arifeen, Luke C. Mullany et al.
BACKGROUND: More than 500 000 neonatal deaths per year result from possible serious bacterial infections (pSBIs), but the causes are largely unknown. We investigated the incidence of community-acquired infections caused by specific organisms among neonates in south Asia. METHODS: From 2011 to 2014, ...
Joanne E Arsenault, Elizabeth Yakes Jimenez, M Munirul Islam, M. Belal Hossain et al.
Documentation of micronutrient intake inadequacies among developing country populations is important for planning interventions to control micronutrient deficiencies. The objective of this study was to quantify micronutrient intakes by young children and their primary female caregivers in rural Bang...
Ataur Rahman Belal, Stuart M. Cooper, Niaz Ahmed Khan
Bangladesh has recently been enjoying significant economic growth mainly arising from an export led development strategy. However, in that process its natural environment has been degraded and become more vulnerable in geophysical terms (e.g. environmental pollution). Much of the Bangladeshi populat...
M. Safiur Rahman, M. Belal Hossain, S.M. Omar Faruque Babu, Md. Moshiur Rahman et al.
Samples for sediment and two species of native mangrove plants were collected from seven sampling sites for assessing the level of metal contamination. Results of the studied metals displayed the order of pollution as Fe > Ti > Zr > Rb > Zn > Sr > Pb > Y > Cu > Cr > As accordingly. Geoaccumulation i...
Mohammad Kamruzzaman, Shamsuddin Shahid, Abu Reza Md. Towfiqul Islam, Syewoon Hwang et al.
Sharif A. Mukul, A. Z. M. Manzoor Rashid, Mohammad Belal Uddin, Niaz Ahmed Khan
People in the developing world derive a significant part of their livelihoods from various forest products, particularly non-timber forest products (NTFPs). This article attempts to explore the contribution of NTFPs in sustaining forest-based rural livelihood in and around a protected area (PA) of B...
M. Belal Hossain, Trisha Biswas Shanta, A.S. Shafiuddin Ahmed, Md. Kamal Hossain et al.
Sediment samples were collected from twelve selected sites of the Sangu River estuary and seven metals (As, Cr, Cu, Cd, Pb, Ni, Zn) were analyzed with Inductively Coupled Plasma-mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS) to assess the contamination degree of heavy metals in the Sangu River estuary and to represent ...
Taslima Ahmed Tamanna, Shah Alimuzzaman Belal, Mohammad Abul Hasan Shibly, Ayub Nabi Khan
This study deals with the determination of new natural fibers extracted from the Corypha taliera fruit (CTF) and its characteristics were reported for the potential alternative of harmful synthetic fiber. The physical, chemical, mechanical, thermal, and morphological characteristics were investigate...
A.S. Shafiuddin Ahmed, Md Masum Billah, Mir Mohammad Ali, Md Khurshid Alam Bhuiyan et al.
The occurrence of microplastics (MPs) in aquatic environments has been a global concern because they are toxic and persistent and may serve as a vector for many legacies and emerging pollutants. MPs are discharged to aquatic environments from different sources, especially from wastewater plants (WWP...
Shahed Parvez, Mohammed Mizanur Rahman, Mubarak A. Khan, M. Anwar H. Khan et al.
S.M. Omar Faruque Babu, M. Belal Hossain, M. Safiur Rahman, Md. Moshiur Rahman et al.
Contamination of aquatic ecosystems by various sources has become a major worry all over the world. Pollutants can enter the human body through the food chain from aquatic and soil habitats. These pollutants can cause various chronic diseases in humans and mortality if they collect in the body over ...
Joanne E Arsenault, Elizabeth Yakes Jimenez, M. Belal Hossain, M. Munirul Islam et al.
Rural Bangladeshi populations have a high risk of zinc deficiency due to their consumption of a predominantly rice-based diet with few animal-source foods. Breeding rice for higher zinc content would offer a sustainable approach to increase the population's zinc intakes. The objectives of the study ...
Romel Ahmed, Mohammad Belal Uddin, Mohammed Abu Sayed Arfin Khan, Sharif A. Mukul et al.
Saleh Ahmed Shahriar, Abdullah All Imtiaz, Md. Belal Hossain, Asmaul Husna et al.
Rice blast caused by Magnaporthe grisea is the major damaging disease in nearly all rice growing nations. Economically relevance with 60 percent of total population of world depending on rice as the main source of calories, may have destructive effects of the disease, however, this pathogen has deve...