Mashrur Rahman, Mohammad Shakil Akther, Will Recker
A growing body of research has addressed the multimodality of public transport, but relatively few studies have investigated the first-and-last-mile travel behavior—especially in the context of developing countries. In this study, we surveyed public transport commuters who live in Dhaka’s suburban a...
Md. Anisuzzaman Shakil, Sangita Das, Md. Ashiqur Rahman, Umma Salma Akther et al.
Zinc Sulfide (ZnS) thin film has attracted increasing attention due to their potential applications in the new generation of nano-electronics and opto-electronics devices. The physical and chemical properties of ZnS have outstanding quality for different applications. Moreover, ZnS doped with variou...
Mohammad Shakil Akther, Takashi Onishi, Tetsuo Kidokoro
There are very few successful e-government projects in developing countries. Most e-government projects within developing countries employ high-technology intervention whereas citizens are not ready for this. There are successful projects which took a low end route. This paper examines one such proj...
Abu Shadat Mohammod Noman, Rashed R. Parag, Muhammad Rashid, S. M. Didar-Ul Islam et al.
Abstract Overexpression of epithelial cell adhesion molecule (EpCAM) has been associated with chemotherapeutic resistance, leads to aggressive tumor behavior, and results in an adverse clinical outcome. The molecular mechanism by which EpCAM enrichment is linked to therapeutic resistance via Nrf2, a...
Uttama Barua, Shahrin Mannan, Ishrat Islam, Mohammad Shakil Akther et al.
Tasnuva Wahed, Shakila Zaman, Fauzia Akther Huda, Jiayu Li et al.
Objective: Female sex workers (FSWs) under 20 years of age range from 1,000 to 575,000 in different cities and countries across the globe. There is only a handful of information on the reproductive health (RH) issues of these younger FSWs in the perspective of service utilization and healthcare syst...
Md. Musleh Uddin Hasan, A S M Abdul Quium, Mashrur Rahman, Farzana Khatun et al.
Local government bodies and other concerned agencies in developing countries spend a considerable amount of money on rural road development. However, in the absence of any robust and systematic methodology, road development largely relies on ad-hoc decisions and subjective judgement of public offici...
Shahadat Hossain, Md Ashikul Islam, Mohammad Shakil Akther
The SARS-CoV-2 virus has brought unprecedented change to the world. Distancing measures make people find an alternative way to interact with others and fulfill their duty. It is acknowledged that the epidemic has dramatically impacted people's work schedules, which in turn has changed how they trave...
Mashrur Rahman, Shakil Akther
Metropolitan regions are increasingly facing the challenges of a growing number of intercity commuting trips. Yet existing literature on this topic, particularly in the context of developing countries, is limited. This study focuses on the travel behavior of intercity commuters in the Dhaka Metropol...
Md. Taifur Rahman, Mohammad Shakil Akther, Soumitro K. SARKER
The demand for electricity is increasing fast in Bangladesh to sustain rapid economic growth. The largest share of electricity in Bangladesh is produced by fossil fuel powered electricity generation plants. Though solar energy has high potential in Bangladesh due to favorable geographical location, ...
Ahmad Ilderim Tokey, Shefa Arabia Shioma, Md. Muniruzzaman Munir, Dipita Hossain et al.
Urban redevelopment is a critical process that needs to apporach issues from different angles with the intention to arrive at one single point: sustainability. Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, with a density of 28,000 people/km2, is currently having a tough time to give its people access to urban f...
Uttama Barua, Mohammad Shakil Akther, Ishrat Islam
Suraiya Jabeen, Umme Jamila Akther Manni, S S Shakil
This cross sectional study was carried out to asses the oral health status among tobacco users in the selected rural population of Gazipur district in 2011. Purposive sampling technique was used to collect data from 349 respondents, aged 18 years and above. Their mean age was 36.39 (SD±13.666) years...
Shakil Ahmed Rana, Rupna Akther Putul, Nanziba Salsabil, Maliha Tasnim Kabir et al.
ZnO semiconductor-based photocatalysts are mainly studied for the elimination of toxic textile dyes. Metal-doped ZnO displays better performance for this purpose. Herein, Al-doped ZnO (Al–ZnO) was prepared using the mechanochemical calcination method with varying aluminum concentrations for the degr...
Fabiha Rahman, Mohammad Shakil Akther, Anisur Rahman
Rural Access Index (RAI) is one of the most widely used policy metrics for evaluating rural accessibility. But the indicator focuses only on the mobility aspect of accessibility, omitting consideration of facility proximation. This article proposes a modified version of the RAI that incorporates two...