Co-operative Investment policy for Growth and Development of Small and Medium Size Businesses and Improve the Poverty Condition in Bangladesh

The research focuses on the assessment of SMEs (Small and Medium Size Enterprises) & its impacts on socio-economic spheres; it focuses on the effective ways for growth & development of SMEs in Bangladesh for socioeconomic development. Bangladesh is one of the poorest countries in the world with low GDP/capita and minimum purchasing power. 24.8% of the total population of the country does live below the national poverty line ($2/day), while 6.5% of them do live in extreme poverty [4]. To bring the vast population out of the vicious circle of poverty and accelerate the economic growth are the target and attention of the country. To pave the way for first & foremost task is either to create direct employment or create condition to create employment to reduce the unemployment rate & accelerate the source and level of disposable income. Growth & development of SMEs, which create self-employments and employments for low and semi-skilled workers, are the target and attention of the country. But the ways for growth & development of SMEs in Bangladesh are not smooth enough. They are frequently confronted with structural, managerial, financial, and social challenges. For sustainable development large population groups are needed to get the ways for their own development. The research was conducted by structural and semi-structural questionnaires and face-to-face interview of 150 recipients of social classes and ages in rural and urban areas in Bangladesh. The aim of the paper is to analyze the effect of Co-operative Investment Policy through “Co-operative Society Micro-saving Bank” and ‘’Innovative SME Model’’ for growth and development of SMEs and MIAs (Micro Industrial Activities) and its impacts on socio-economic development. The target is to aggregate impoverished individuals’ micro saving, limited capability, little working skills & experiences to create them depositors, investors, successful entrepreneurs & skills workers through establishing co-operative society micro-saving bank and involving them in entrepreneurial activities

Consumer Rights Protection: Degree of Awareness and its Present Status in Bangladesh

Consumer rights are considered as the basic human right and violation of consumer rights is considered as the violation of the human rights. The ignorance of the consumers regarding their rights is a contributing factor to poor consumer rights protection in our country. This study aims at measuring the awareness and status of Bangladesh on consumer rights protection. Primary data has been collected from 450 representative samples besides analyzing available secondary data. It has been revealed through our study that 53.3 percent of the population is totally ignorant about their rights as consumer and the remaining 46.7 percent are knowledgeable about rights to a limited extent. 52 percent of the consumers of our country think that they are constantly being deceived by the egoistic businessmen. These consumers can’t do anything other than remaining silent. Our study has suggested a set of action plan classified into four categories i.e.: awareness building program, infrastructure development, legislative based action plan and law enforcing team development, to ensure the protection of consumer rights in Bangladesh. Keywords: Consumer Bill of Rights, Consumer Activist Group, Consumer Awareness, Anti-consumer Rights Practice

Marketing management trainee Department on printing and packaging industry

This internship report is submitted in a partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Business Administration, 2015.Cataloged from PDF version of Internship report.Includes bibliographical references (page 31).A.R. Printing & Packaging Industry is a versatile manufacturer in quality paper products of Bangladesh. It plays a vital role to contribute to the demand of several largest companies in Bangladesh such as, ACI Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Square Bangladesh Ltd., Aromatic Cosmetics Ltd., Bata Shoes Ltd., and so on. It is a great chance for me to do my internship in A.R. Printing & Packaging Industry. This is a large factory with all the facilities of printing and packaging. A.R. Printing & Packaging Industry is capable of supplying all kinds of printing and packaging products of distinguished design and outstanding quality as per buyer requirements. So, it is a matter of concern that why this industry is well renounced in this packaging world. In the whole procedure of delivering goods to the retailer, maintain relationship and to communicate with them, have a great influence and responsibilities. When, the order is taken from buyer the duty comes to the floor of managers and before going production they do almost everything to make the business smoothly. So, the work starts with the order taking and making business relationship. Then sample making, planning, booking of every single material for samples and getting approval are all the key responsibilities of marketing managers. In production, sample goes in bulk so, the responsibilities become huge and it comes to the relation with operation also. I was selected for the buyer Jamuna welding ltd. And I find it very challenging to fulfill their requirements and deliver the goods on time and also receiving the payments. It was a great joy to work in this place and I really enjoyed it.Md. Mehedi HassanB. Business Administratio

E-Learning: can it help the education in Bangladesh?

E-Learning could be defined as instructional content or learning experiences delivered or enabled by the current advanced computer and other technologies. In many cases, especially in the developed countries, adoptions of E-Learning alongside the traditional classroom learning have shown promise for effective human learning. Being a developing country, adoption of E-Learning in Bangladesh stumbles, where many other factors come into play side by side the technological limitations. The intent of this paper is to identify the prospects and challenges for launching E-Learning in larger scale in Bangladesh. We also discuss how human learning process could be influenced by E-learning strategies and why E-Learning could be helpful for a country like Bangladesh

LIGHTING – THE WAY TO REDUCING ELECTRICAL ENERGY DEMAND IN UNIVERSITY BUILDINGS IN BANGLADESH

Lighting is one of the dominant electricity demand factors in the building energy sector and has huge potential for demand reduction. However, concerning the efficacy of energy consumption, this potential energy-saving option entails further investigations, particularly for developing countries. This study addresses the issues of an efficient lighting system design for educational institutions with particular attention to classroom and laboratory lighting systems for a university in Bangladesh as a case study. Measurements show that during the daytime, under clear and average sky conditions both rooms received sufficient natural light (>300 lx) for educational activities, whereas under an overcast sky, only 50% space receives sufficient natural light. At night, the installed fluorescent tube lights illuminance level was found insufficient (<300 lx) for educational activities. The inefficient lighting system design was found to be the main reason for this illuminance level. Simulation results reveal that light emitting diode (LED) tube lights with a maintenance factor of 0.8 could save 10,080-15,120 kWh, 91,929-137,894 BDT (1USD=84BDT), and 6,753-10,130 kgCO2-eq, energy, cost, and, greenhouse gas emissions respectively per year for the classrooms

Effects of aluminum (Al) incorporation on structural, optical and thermal properties of ZnO nanoparticles

In this research article, pure and 1 %, 3 % and 5 % aluminium doped zinc oxide nanoparticles (NPs) were prepared via sol-gel method and then calcined at 500 °C. X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscope (SEM), Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy, UV-Vis spectroscopy, thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) techniques were used to investigate the structural, optical and thermal properties of synthesized pure and Al doped ZnO nanoparticles. Energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX) analysis revealed high purity of nanoparticles in the synthesized products without any impurity peaks. Mean dimension of the nanoparticles was ~28 nm and they were hexagonal in shape,according to the images analyzed by transmission electron microscope (TEM). The optical absorption spectra of pure and Al doped ZnO samples studied using UV-Vis spectrometry have been presented and we have observed that the band gap increases with increasing Al concentration. In FT-IR spectra, the broad absorption peaks around 485 c

A Recruitment and Human Resource Management Technique Using Blockchain Technology for Industry 4.0

Application of Information Technology (IT) in the domain of Human Resource Management (HRM) systems is a sine qua non for any organization for successfully adopting and implementing Fourth Industrial Revolution (Industry 4.0). However, these systems are required to ensure non-biased, efficient, transparent and secure environment. Blockchain, a technology based on distributed digital ledgers, can help facilitate the process of successfully effectuating these specifications. A detailed literature review has been conducted to identify the current status of usage of Information Technology in the domain of Human Resource Management and how Blockchain can help achieve a smart, cost-effective, efficient, transparent and secure factory management system. A Blockchain based Recruitment Management System (BcRMS) as well as Blockchain based Human Resource Management System (BcHRMS) algorithm have been proposed. From the analysis of the results obtained through the case study, it is evident that the proposed system holds definite advantages compared to the existing recruitment systems. Future research directions have also been identified and advocated.Comment: Onik, M. M. H., Miraz, M. H., & Kim, C. S. (2018, April). A recruitment and human resource management technique using Blockchain technology for Industry 4.0. In Proceedings of the Smart Cities Symposium (SCS-2018), Manama, Bahrain (pp. 11-16). IE