This paper provides an overview of urban structure and the planning history of Dhaka. Human settlement in Dhaka can be traced back as far as the 12th century, but it was the Mughals who for strategic reasons established a town in the early seventeenth century. Since then the city has experienced an adventurous path under different rulers and has faced multifaceted challenges. Starting as a mili...

Beginning January 2012, a humane method of dog population management using a Catch-Neuter-Vaccinate-Release (CNVR) program was implemented in Dhaka City, Bangladesh as part of the national rabies control program. To enable this program, the size and distribution of the free-roaming dog population needed to be estimated. We present the results of a dog population survey and a pilot assessment of...

Due to rapid development in automation system, the remote operation, control and monitoring are necessary for any modern system. The SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) provides this remote operation, control and monitoring for industrial automation. The SCADA is also widely used for overall operation of modern power system. The application of SCADA is still new in Bangladesh speci...

Mussammat Afsana Ferdousi, Abdullah Al Mamun, Laila Anjuman Banu, Sudip Paul Department of Anatomy, Tairunnessa Memorial Medical College and Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh Department of Microbiology, North Bengal Medical College, Sirajganj, Bangladesh Department of Anatomy, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Dhaka, Bangladesh Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Jahangirnaga...

In recent years, there has been a significant rise in the prevalence of multidrug resistance Salmonella typhi and salmonella paratyphi in Dhaka city. Patients are most susceptible to infections like typhoid fever. It is therefore a subject of interest to observe the number of incidence and antimicrobial resistant pattern of typhoidal Salmonella in patients in Dhaka city. During February to May ...

Typical postharvest storage of broccoli (Brassica oleracea var. italica) causes degreening of this common vegetable with visible loss of chlorophyll (Chl). As shown here, colorless Chl-catabolites are generated. In fresh extracts of degreening florets of broccoli, three colorless tetrapyrrolic Chl-catabolites accumulated and were detected by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC): two "n...