Md Shahjahan, Khanam Taslima, Mohammad Shadiqur Rahman, Md Al-Emran et al.
The pollution by heavy metals poses a serious threat to the aquatic environment and to the organisms if the concentration of heavy metals in the environment exceeds the safe limits. Due to their non-biodegradable and long persistence nature in the environment, heavy metals cause toxicity in fish by ...
Khanam Taslima, Md Al-Emran, Mohammad Shadiqur Rahman, Jabed Hasan et al.
Heavy metals pollution causes a threat to the aquatic environment and to its inhabitants when their concentrations exceed safe limits. Heavy metals cause toxicity in fish due to their non-biodegradable properties and their long persistence in the environment. This review investigated the effects of ...
Md. Shahidul Islam, Jennifer A. Saito, Emdadul Mannan Emdad, Borhan Ahmed et al.
Abstract Jute ( Corchorus sp.) is one of the most important sources of natural fibre, covering ∼80% of global bast fibre production 1 . Only Corchorus olitorius and Corchorus capsularis are commercially cultivated, though there are more than 100 Corchorus species 2 in the Malvaceae family. Here we d...
James R Killingsworth, Naomi Hossain, Yuwa Hedrick‐Wong, Stephen Thomas et al.
The widespread collection of unofficial fees at health facilities is a common form of rent-seeking behaviour in Bangladesh. Typically, unofficial fees come in the form of cash payments for the performance of required services, for direct purchase of drugs and medical-surgical requisites, and for ser...
Riazul Haque Tuhin, Mst. Marium Begum, Md. Sohanur Rahman, Rubaba Karim et al.
BACKGROUND: Euphorbia hirta linn., is a species of Euphorbiaceae family. They are known as asthma plant, barokhervi. The plant E. hirta is famous for its medicinal importance among the tribal population. It is a common practice to use the whole to heal wounds. Several pharmacological properties incl...
Taslima Rahman, Dominic Gasbarro, Khurshid Alam
BACKGROUND: Financial risk protection (FRP), defined as households' access to needed healthcare services without experiencing undue financial hardship, is a critical health systems target, particularly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Given the remarkable growth in FRP literature in rece...
Taslima Ayesha Aktar Nasrin, Md Atiqur Rahman, Most Sadia Arfin, Md. Nazrul Islam et al.
An experiment was conducted to assess the influence of coconut oil and beeswax coating and modified atmospheric packaging (MAP) on postharvest storage quality of lemon at ambient storage. Sorted lemons were washed with water; fruit surface water was removed by using fan and then coated with coconut ...
Samsad Razzaque, Sabrina M. Elias, Taslima Haque, Sudip Biswas et al.
Abstract The rice landrace Horkuch, endemic to the southern saline coast of Bangladesh, is known to have salt tolerance traits and can therefore contribute to a high yielding recipient for breeding purposes. In this study, we reciprocally crossed Horkuch with high yielding but salt sensitive IR29 to...
R.W. Bell, Md. Enamul Haque, M. Jahiruddin, Md. Moshiur Rahman et al.
We review the recent development of Conservation Agriculture (CA) for rice-based smallholder farms in the Eastern Gangetic Plain (EGP) and the underpinning research on agronomy, weed control, soil properties and greenhouse gas emissions being tested to accelerate its adoption in Bangladesh. The stud...
Louise T. Day, Qazi Sadeq-ur Rahman, Ahmed Ehsanur Rahman, Nahya Salim et al.
BACKGROUND: Progress in reducing maternal and neonatal deaths and stillbirths is impeded by data gaps, especially regarding coverage and quality of care in hospitals. We aimed to assess the validity of indicators of maternal and newborn health-care coverage around the time of birth in survey data an...
Ronia Mostofa, Shanta Ahmed, Mst. Marium Begum, Md. Sohanur Rahman et al.
BACKGROUND: The medicinal plants signify a massive basin of potential phytoconstituents that could be valuable as a substitute to allopathic drugs or considered as an analogue in drug development. Phyllanthus niruri L. (Euphorbiaceae) is generally used in traditional medicine to treat ulcer and infl...
Samsad Razzaque, Taslima Haque, Sabrina M. Elias, Md. Sazzadur Rahman et al.
Global increase in salinity levels has made it imperative to identify novel sources of genetic variation for tolerance traits, especially in rice. The rice landrace Horkuch, endemic to the saline coastal area of Bangladesh, was used in this study as the source of tolerance in reciprocal crosses with...
N Yusuf, MA Ali, Q Ahmad, Lutfor Rahman et al.
Spinal tuberculosis (Potts disease) during pregnancy reported to be rare & can be associated with destruction of the intervertebral disc & adjacent vertebrae that can lead to cord compression & thereby paraplegia or quadriplegia. Delay in diagnosis is common & most cases are diagnos...
Adelakun Odunyemi, Taslima Rahman, Khurshid Alam
BACKGROUND: The importance of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in Nigeria is reflected in their growing burden that is fast overtaking that of infectious diseases. As most NCD care is paid for through out-of-pocket (OOP) expenses, and NCDs tend to cause substantial income losses through chronic disa...
Hasibul Islam, Masud Rana, Shimanto Saha, Taslima Khatun et al.
Purpose Using the technology acceptance model (TAM), this study investigates factors influencing the adoption of cryptocurrency in Bangladesh. Design/methodology/approach Data were collected from 346 members of the general public through a structured web survey using snowball sampling. Structural eq...