Socio-Economic Problems of Child Labor in Rajshahi City Corporation of Bangladesh: A Reality and Challenges

Social norms and economic realities mean that child labor is widely accepted and common in Bangladesh. Many families rely on the income generated by their children for survival, so child labor is often highly valued. Additionally, employers often prefer to employ children because they are cheaper and considered to be more compliant and obedient than adults. When children are forced to work, they are often denied their rights to education, leisure and play. They are also exposed to situations that make them vulnerable to trafficking, abuse, violence and exploitation. Millions of children are reported not to attend school, however estimated vary. Among children aged 5-18, about five million, are economically active. "Child labor" is a narrower concept than "working children". Many child laborers miss out on their right to education and fall a victim to hazardous work because they do not have the time to go to school or to study. The present study data show that duration of working hours and hazardous working environment are negatively correlated with school attendance, smooth livelihood and physical and mental development of the children. In this study, total numbers of 560 child laborers were interviewed by the author during June 15 to July 14 in 2010 from Rajshahi City Corporation in Bangladesh. Rajshahi City Corporation has 30 words. To data collect well-organized questionnaire prepared and using interview schedule and face-to-face interviewed from the respondents. Simple random sampling techniques were used.  Various socio-economic and demographics variables were considered at the time of data collection. But in this paper socio-economic variables are used. In addition, secondary data also used from various child labor's relevant books, articles, documents, and officials through Internet browsing. Keywords: Socio-economic problems, Child labor, Rajshahi City Corporation, Banglades

Effectiveness of Education on Health: A Cross-Cultural Comparison between Muslim and Horizon Communities in Rajshahi Metropolitan City of Bangladesh

Education and health are the two very important elements of human capital. Educational knowledge enhances human being to get proper healthcare facilities all over the world. In Bangladesh education and health are the two main fundamental rights of every citizen, which is ensured by the constitution. The present study, the author tried to find out effectiveness of education on health. The purpose of the study was to examine and compare how education influences on health outcome between Muslim and Horizon communities. In this study, total number of 275 (150 for Muslim and 125 for Horizon) respondents were interviewed by the author during April to July, 2012 in the Rajshahi Metropolitan City of Bangladesh. The simple random sampling technique was applied when sample size selected. Various statistical techniques were used during analyzed data, such as mean, median, standard deviation, variance and Pearson correlation with SPSS software in version 15.The present study showed that education was greatly influence over health outcomes. The author found that Muslim community dominated the minor community (Horizon) in the various sphere of life. Most of the respondents studied up to primary level which was 45.09%. 76.73% respondents seemed that proper educational knowledge positively enhanced to get healthy life style. 51.64% respondents seemed that communal destitution is existed to get educational attainment and take healthcare facilities. 68.73% respondents argued that they were concern about families planning methods. 66.18% respondents showed their opinion that educational knowledge made conscious about primary diseases, how and where to take diagnosis and treatment of their suffering diseases. 89.45% respondents expressed their fillings that educational knowledge enhances to get better healthcare facilities. Keywords: Education, Health, Cross-Cultural Comparison, Muslim, Horizon, Bangladesh.

Socio-Economic Obstacles of Women Empowerment in Rural Bangladesh: A Study on Puthia Upazila of Rajshahi District

Women empowerment is the burning question not only Bangladesh but also all over the world. Precondition of proper social and economic development women empowerment is very much needed. But women are neglected in various sectors in Bangladesh. Only training and educational program can be empowered women properly. It is badly needed women empowerment to sound development. Women empowerment makes sure the development process. The present study mainly deals with the obstacles of women empowerment of Puthia Upazila under the district of Rajshahi. It reveals the real obstacles of women empowerment in the following indicators like; Family restriction, Socio-religious restriction and Socio-economic condition of the women in the study area. After collecting the data, the researcher found that 24% women are having restriction from their family to go to school, 30.40%women are getting victimized by early marriage, 53.60% guardians of the women are illiterate and 20% guardians do not have knowledge about importance of empowerment of women in the study area. The maximum respondents possess land between 01and 02 acres while a few numbers of the respondent (12.00%) possess 06 and above acres of land and 38.40% respondents have surplus income. On the other hand, 61.60% respondents do not have surplus income in the study area. Keywords: Socio-economic obstacles, Women empowerment, Rajshahi district, Bangladesh

Formal Education and Socio-Economic Condition of Rural People in Bangladesh: A Comparative Study between Literate and Illiterate People on Raninagar Upazilla of Naogaon District

Abstract: The study focuses only the socio-economical condition of the people who take the formal education from any institution. This paper is to explore the difference between literate and illiterate people, their socio-economic condition and their life style in society. The study represent that literate people earn more compared to the illiterate people. Social acceptance of literate respondents was found significant compared to the illiterate respondents in the study area. Formal education developed the people of social relationship, interaction of individuals, groups, institutions and organization of society. Formal education has a positive effect on health .Most of the literate people having good health but illiterate people not having good health. Illiterate people suffer from various diseases. So, it may be declared that the formal education has a positive effect on the society. In this study it is clear that the literate families were found comparatively developed than illiterate families. So, it can be boldly pronounced that there are significant effects of formal education in every sphere of human life and on society. Keywords: Formal Education, Socio-economic Condition, Comparative Study, Literate and Illiterate People, Bangladesh

Role of Wearable Health Devices in Public Health: Developing Flexible Electronics for Seamless and Continuous Health Monitoring

The strategy for personalized medicine is the incorporation of regular health check-ups and wearable health devices into public health campaigns. These innovations have the potential to reduce the burden on healthcare systems by enabling early detection, improved management of chronic conditions, and provision of real-time personal health data to individuals. To achieve this, problems related to the accuracy of devices used, security of data stored in these devices, compliance with usage requirements by consumers, and relations with the current healthcare system must be addressed. A solution to these barriers has been proposed as a Non-Invasive Flexible Sensors for Health Monitoring (N-IFS-HM) approach which involves making sensors that are lightweight, attractive looking, and provide accurate continuous health information without disturbing the users during their daily activities. Through detailed simulation studies conducted in different healthcare settings, this paper examine the dependability and effectiveness of N-IFS-HM implementation. Consequently, based on simulation results done on delicate sensors such as these, vital signs, activities and minimal discomforting healthcare products can be traced accurately. According to this finding, wearable digital technology with sophisticated flexible electronics can revolutionize how public health is assessed

Secure Healthcare Data Storage and Transmission: A Review of Current Technologies and Future Directions

The development of websites, applications, and the first social networks profoundly altered everyone\u27s life and became the catalyst for advancement on a global scale. The days of immovable points, phones, and printing presses are long gone. But is everything really as perfect as it looks? Perhaps the most contentious thing in history is progress. We now have the freedom to express our ideas without fear, connect with individuals around the globe, and access a seemingly limitless amount of knowledge thanks to the Internet. But as time goes on, concerns about the cloudlessness of virtual existence become more and more prevalent; we have been captured by things that do not exist in reality. Apart from the well-known hazards like terrorism and global warming, the growth of the Internet has given rise to entirely unknown and novel perils that have infiltrated our life. We refer to this phenomena as "cybercrime". Any form of criminal activity carried out virtually is referred to as cybercrime. Ten to twenty years ago, this phenomena was known only to specialised specialists. IT industry, and it is currently a worldwide issue. Although everyone and the IT sector receive adequate security measures and equipment, cybercrime is nevertheless increasing at a very rapid pace in parallel. There are several security problems and cyberthreats in the modern world. With new technology emerging daily, we can predict major issues in the road.  In this work a Secure Healthcare Data Storage and Transmission in WAN area is discussed

Effect of 6-benzyl aminopurine (BAP) on meristem culture for virus free seed production of some popular potato varieties in Bangladesh

The present study was undertaken to fix the suitable concentration of 6-benzyl aminopurine on shoot development from meristem for producing virus free potato plantlet. The experiment consisted of five potato cultivars namely Diamant, Heera, Dheera, Granula and Cardinal for meristem culture and four 6-benzyl aminopurine levels namely 0, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0 mg/l. As a whole, twenty treatments were allotted in complete randomized design with three replications. Resulted in vitro regenerated plantlets were used as treatment for double antibody sandwich (DAS-), enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) test, while, the infected plant parts were used as positive control. In virus elimination through meristem culture, Cardinal with 1 mg l-1 6-benzyl aminopurine gave maximum number of shoots (2.43 cm) explant-1, whereas, Dheera with 1.5 mg l-1 6-benzyl aminopurine gave the tallest plantlet (5.23 cm). On the other hand, explants of Dheera and Cardinal with 1.5 mg l-1 6-benzyl aminopurine and explants of Diamant, Heera, Granula and Cardinal with 2.0 mg l-1 6-benzyl aminopurine produced no roots. Finally, after DAS-ELISA test, the infected field samples developed yellow color but in vitro regenerated plantlets of all the varieties under study showed 100% virus freeness.Keywords: Virus elimination, meristem culture, virus detection, seed potatoAfrican Journal of Biotechnology Vol. 12(18), pp. 2406-241

Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) Approach on Consumers’ Preferences for Selecting Telecom Operators in Bangladesh

This study is designed for the analysis of the consumers’ preferences for selecting the telecom operators in Bangladesh. This study includes an empirical analysis using AHP model based on some criteria of consumers’ preferences. This study provides relevant ranking using AHP model rather than finding the causal relationship among the variables. The results of the empirical analysis shows that the respondents preferred the network criterion as most important criterion for their preferences, and also preferred two telecom operators Grameen Phone and Airtel under different criteria. Finally, the global weights of the AHP analysis show that the respondents preferred Grameen Phone most than all other telecom operators in Bangladesh. Keywords: AHP Analysis, Telecom Operators, Consumers’ Satisfaction

Consumer’s Perception on General Banking Activities of Commercial Banks: A Study in the Banking Context of Bangladesh

To cope up with the competitive and highly regulated banking sector, every bank is trying to put their focus on satisfying its customers. As a result consumers’ need is required to be found out. This research focuses on the issues to find out consumers’ perception on general banking activities of a commercial bank. The paper provides an understanding of different factors that affect consumer perception on general activities of a bank. Here 3 factors are generated with the help of factor analysis. This sort of research is also helpful to find out consumer’s perception in different industries and organizations. Keyword: Factor analysis, General banking activities, Commercial bank