Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the question “Why Shariah Governance Framework (SGF) important for Islamic banks?” Design/methodology/approach A semi-structured face-to-face personal interview used accomplish research objectives. This study has collected data from concerned bodies related (SG) central bank and banks Bangladesh. Findings states SG as a process confirming complian...

Bank and financial institutions (FIs) as environmentally friendly socially responsible plays important role in balancing sustainable economic development environmental conservation through green financing guided by Bangladesh (BB). COVID 19 has kept an adverse effect on the whole economy system. The aim of this study was to see whether COVID-19 any impact performance bank institutions. Secondar...

Background. National VL Elimination Programs in India, Nepal and Bangladesh face challenges as home-based Miltefosine treatment is introduced. Objectives. To study constraints of VL management in endemic districts within context of national elimination programs before and after intervention. Methods. Ninety-two and 41 newly diagnosed VL patients were interviewed for clinical and provider experi...

OBJECTIVE Village doctors, informal health care providers practicing modern medicine, are dominant health care providers in rural Bangladesh. Given their role, it is important to examine their prescription pattern and inappropriate use of medication. METHODS These cross-sectional study data were collected through surveys of patients seen by village doctors during 2008 and 2010 at Chakaria, a ...

Sexual and reproductive health and rights have been identified as the core areas of practice, theory and research for the midwifery profession. The midwifery profession, as defined by the International Confederation of Midwives Global Standards, is new in Bangladesh. This paper aims to give an overview of the historical process that has taken place in the past decades to develop the midwifery p...

This study aims to evaluate the provisions concerning protection of elderly parents in international and national legal framework also major religious scriptures context Bangladesh. Based on secondary sources information, has observed that spite ample provisions, are not fully protected from abuse. Besides conventions, Parents’ Maintenance Act (PMA) 2013 Islamic principles key providing suffici...

This study used a quasi-experimental pre-post design to test whether short training can improve medicine sellers' (MSs) practices and skills for prevention and control of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in Bangladesh. The training included lectures, printed materials, and identification of referral sites. Difference-in-differences estimation was used to determine the effects of intervent...

Microfinance is not a new development. Its origin can be traced back to 1976, when Muhammad Yunus set up the Grameen Bank, as experiment, on the outskirts of Chittagong University campus in the village of Jobra, Bangladesh. Since then several microfinance institutions came up and have succeeded in reaching the poorest of the poor, and have devised new ground-breaking strategies with time for th...