In a recent publication, “Reliability of a commercial kit to test groundwater for arsenic in Bangladesh” (1) regarding the effectiveness of the Hach EZ arsenic kit (product 2822800), Van Geen et al. remarked “Clearly the Hach kit should continue to be used to test wells throughout Bangladesh and other countries affected by elevated arsenic in groundwater”. They studied only 799 wells in a 25-sq...

The views and opinions expressed in this paper are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily correspond to the views or policies of the Department for International Development (DFID), UK. SUMMARY This paper examines the experiences of the government, private sector, and civil society in managing international emigration from Bangladesh. The paper outlines complex processes of labour migrat...

This study examines changes in fertility and childbearing on the labor force participation of women in rural Bangladesh. Since fertility is endogenous to other decisions taken by the family, we separately identify the impact of changes in fertility on changes in work by taking advantage of a family-planning program selectively introduced in the district of Matlab. The family-planning program di...

This study aims to present the discussion on Interest Rate Spread (IRS) of commercial banks in Bangladesh perspective. paper also explains interest rate spread using time series data 60 covering period 1976 2020. The analysis shows that higher non-interest income as a ratio total assets bank, lower its spread. In this study, I tried show relationship among lending with broad money, inflation, q...