...benefits for mankind and its opponents stressing disproportionate benefits for the rich, and marginalisation and disempowerment of the poor, for countries such as Bangladesh with low income, smaller capacities and even lesser bargaining turf, globalisation has thrown up a host of challenges with great rapidity. And yet we continually strive to integrate into a globalised world whilst balancing our national agenda of democracy, development and trade. While speaking on Bangladesh, since coming here as Bangladesh’s High Commissioner I have come to realize, increasingly and sadly as time has gone by, that Bangladesh is often bypassed and when discussed or referred to in the South Asian context, the emphasis more often than not is on negative elements. Overcoming certain misperceptions about my country and bringing it out of the ugly shadows generated by misinformation, sometimes seem in itself the biggest challenge to me. However, whatever we as a nation have achieved since our independence have come as part of our victories in our persistent struggle on numerous fronts in an increasingly globalized world. As it traversed the oceans of fire and blood during its long struggle for national independence, across the barren desert of autocratic rule and overcoming the horrendous calamities wrought by nature’s wrath, Bangladesh has manifested, if nothing else, its indomitable spirit of defiance, its astonishing resilience and the thunder in its heart. And its people are the heroic...
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...sustainable development of Bangladesh through human resource advancement Gazi Mahabubul Alam Faculty of Education, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. E-mail: gazi.alam@um.edu.my. Tel: +6037967 5077. Fax + 603-7967 5010. Accepted 25 September, 2009 Education is supposed to play a vital role for the development of a nation. Many countries made progression through education. Nevertheless, some of them also failed to retain the development achieved since these countries failed to supply required skilled workforce for emerging economics caused by globalization and rapid change of economic pattern. This now forces policymakers to prioritize the production of skilled manpower that can contribute for sustainable development. The countries that achieved sustainable development have given a high priority to science and technology education in formulating education policy. Bangladesh has no more alternatives in order to gain development, except properly utilizing its population. Bangladesh’s economy and human development could have grown faster than its actual progression in the last 25 years (that is, since independence in 1971), if it had earlier taken substantial steps in educational development. This paper has defined a ‘network age population’ for Bangladesh. This paper also suggests that this population is required to provide science and technology based education with some revision of education policy in order to ensure the sustainable development. Key...
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...Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim International Islamic University Chittagong Department of ELL An assignment on Climate change and its effect on Bangladesh Course code: URBS-4802 Course title: Bangladesh Studies Prepared for: Mohammad Tawhidul Islam Lecturer Department of CEN-URC International Islamic University Chittagong Prepared by: Mohammad Sahidul Islam Matric no: N081025 Department of ELL International Islamic University Chittagong Date of submission: 21st January, 2012 Introduction: The coastal areas of Bangladesh are different from rest of the country because of their unique geo-physical characteristics and different socio-political consequences that often limit people’s access to endowed resources and perpetuate risk and vulnerabilities. Bangladesh’s coast is the biggest victim to natural disasters and highly affected by climate change with problems including salinity and water logging, soil erosion, flooding and cyclones. A dramatic increase in the level of interest and concern relating to the impact of “Climate Change” on Bangladesh is readily apparent. The consequential high level of visibility of this issue within Government, Civil Society and the international community...
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...introduction The major objectives of planned development have been increased national income, rural development, self-sufficiency in food, and increased industrial production. However, progress in achieving development goals has been slow. Political turmoil and untamed natural hazards of cyclone and flooding have combined with external economic shocks to persistently derail economic plans. In 1991, with the reinstitution of elected government, a new economic program was initiated that included financial sector reform and liberalization measures to encourage investment, government revenue improvement efforts (realized largely through implementation of a value-added-tax), and tight monetary policy. Income transfer measures, Food-for-Work, and other programs were also implemented to help protect the poorest segments of the population from the transitional effects of structural reform. Fiscal year 2000 was marked by a sharp increase in monetary expansion due to unprecedented borrowing from the banking sector (though the sale of treasury bills) to cover budget shortfalls due. Domestic borrowing increased primarily due to the reduced availability of external concessional financing. For 2001/02, however, the IMF predicted a sharp decline to around 3.5% due to the global economic slowdown and the contractions after the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001 on the United States. Economic Environment During the early 1990s, Bangladesh made considerable progress in stabilizing and...
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...2/8/2016 Problems and Prospects for Modern Business Enterprises of Bangladesh Submitted to: Dr. Sabnam Jahan Associate Professor Department of Management University of Dhaka. Submitted by: Abul Kalam Azad EMBA Student code: 3-16-32-063 Course code & Title: EM: 501 Introduction to Business Abul Kalam Azad BANGLADESH POLICE Table of Contents Introduction ................................................................................................................................................................. 2 Business Background of Bangladesh ....................................................................................................................... 2 Problems and Prospects for Modern Enterprises ............................................................................................... 4 Poverty and inequality ........................................................................................................................................... 4 Social development ................................................................................................................................................ 4 Political affairs, good governance and human rights ...................................................................................... 4 Security matters ..................................................................................................................................................... 5 Indigenous...
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...Synopsis of Research Proposal for M. Phil Degree Topic Executive Development Programs in the Banking Sector in Bangladesh – A Study of Cases Submitted to: Dr. Faruq Ahmed Department of Management Studies University of Dhaka Submitted by: Hazera Khatun February 12, 2013 Dhaka, Bangladesh Introduction: Employees are the most important asset of any organization. Now-a-days, the main focus of all companies is to attract, develop and maintain an efficient and skilled workforce. Executive development plays a concrete role in any organization. The banks in Bangladesh are putting their high concentration to train, develop and maintain an efficient work force. In this time of free market economy, all firms are competing with each other to minimize the cost of production and to create more values with the product and service they dealt with. A successful competing firm can do this job efficiently and can maximize its profit through skilled workforce. That’s why, all organizations give prime focus on executive development practices to cope with the standard of the rest of the world. A substantial number of training and development methods are used in different institutes in Bangladesh. But all methods are not used in all organizations in totally. The development methods vary from organization to organization. It depends on the organization’s culture, behavior and philosophy. The methods have similar types of functions all over...
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...governance means an ideal governing system that is inevitable for political, economic, social and cultural development of a country. Ideal governing system means the ideal orientation of a state that works best to achieve self-reliance, sustainable development and social justice and the ideal functioning of government that operate most efficiently. The United Nations Development Program (UNDP- “Governance and Sustainable Human Development, 1977) has identified five basic principles of good governance, which are stated below: * Legitimacy and voice: All men and women should have a voice in decision-making either directly or through legitimate intermediate institutions that represent their intention. * Direction: Leaders and the public have a broad and long-term perspective on good governance and human development, along with a sense of what is needed for such development. * Performance: Institutions and processes try to serve all stakeholders and institutions produce results that meet needs while making the best use of resources. * Accountability: Decision makers in government, the private sector and civil society organizations are accountable to the public. * Fairness: All men and women have opportunities to improve and maintain their well-being and legal framework should be fair and enforced impartially, particularly the laws on human rights. Bangladesh constitution provides most of the essential elements for good governance though the country is yet to fully...
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...1 - 11 Economic Sciences Series Employee Compensation Practices in Industrial Enterprises of Bangladesh: A Public-Private Sector Comparison Mir Mohammed Nurul Absar*, Zahed Husain Sikder**, Balasundaram Nimalathasan***, Mohammed Moniruzzaman Bhuiyan**** * East Delta University, 1267/A Goshaildanga, Agrabad, Chittagong, Bangladesh e-mail: mmnabsar@yahoo.com ** Department of Management Studies, University of Chittagong, Bangladesh e-mail: zahidsikder@aiub.edu *** Department of Commerce, University of Jaffna, Thirunelveli, Jaffna, Sri Lanka e-mail: bnimalathasan@yahoo.com **** Department of Statistics, University of Chittagong, Bangladesh e-mail: bhuiyan_mz@yahoo.com Abstract Compensation is one the most important functions of human resource management (HRM). The present study aimed at exploring differences between the public and private sector industrial enterprises of Bangladesh with respect to overall status of compensation practices. Data collected from twenty-six public and thirty-four private industrial enterprises shows that the overall status of compensation practices of the private sector industrial enterprises is significantly better than that of the public sector industrial enterprises in Bangladesh. Some implications are also offered for overall improvement of the compensation practices of the public and private sector industrial enterprises of Bangladesh. Key words: compensation, public sector, private sector, industrial enterprises JEL Classification:...
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...Human Resource Management Practices in Bangladesh: A Comparative Case Study based on public and private dairy firm in Bangladesh. Subject: Human Resource Management Section: 01 Submitted to M. Khasro Miah, Ph.D. Associate professor, North South University Submitted by Faisal Nasir Khan ID#102- 0576-060 Raquib Mahmud ID#102- 0708-560 Mahmudul Alam Chowdhury ID#102- 0919-060 Acknowledgement We would like to express our most sincere gratitude and appreciation to our course instructor Dr. M. Khasro Miah ( Associate Professor, North South University) for giving us the opportunity to make this project. To be honest, we were little bit bogged before starting this project. Class lectures helped us to get rid of this problem. So, we are indebted to our course teacher Dr. M. Khasro Miah for his outstanding class lectures which made this work much easier. Our honorable sir also made the class more interesting introducing different kinds of discussion regarding to various issues which cover HRM. That’s why a major part credit goes to him. Also thanks to Milk Vita’s Assistant Manager (procurement) Kanti Mondal for helping us providing information related to human resource management of dairy farm. Thanks to Almighty for giving us potential to bring this Project into reality. ABSTRACT Human Resource management has several sections to explore. In this Human Resource Management Course (BUS-601), we have been given the topic based on Human Resource...
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...Foreign Aid to Bangladesh With the population of 120 million and a GNP of US$170 (UNDP), Bangladesh remains heavily dependent on foreign aid for its development, socio-economic programmes and waging war in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHITTAGONG). Statistics indicate that military expenditure in Bangladesh is officially 15% of the budget. Bangladesh spends about US$400 million on defense annually. Official figures of military expenditure give a distorted picture. It is common knowledge that many military expenses, such as food, housing, infrastructure, are accounted for under other budgets and therefore are not marked as military expenses. According to unofficial sources, Bangladesh spends an extra $125 million on counter-insurgency in the CHITTAGONG annually. The USA, Great Britain and China continue to provide training to the Bangladesh armed forces. While Japan, USA, Middle Eastern and European countries continue to be the major aid donors to Bangladesh. The following table shows the amount of financial aid Bangladesh was receiving in 1988-91 when the regime was at the height of genocidal campaign in the CHITTAGONG, unfortunately the trend still continues. Increasingly donor governments have made human rights an issue in the disbursement of development aid. Up to now, however, donor governments have not been willing to apply the human rights criterion at all strictly. In Bangladesh they have shied away from making aid conditional on the observance of human rights in the...
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...The Devaluation of Bangladesh Job market Page of contents 1. Introduction 2. Operational definition 3. Statement of the problem 4. Research objectives or questions 5. Research methodology 6. Importance of the research 7. Source of materials 8. Review of literature 9. Time line 10. Scopes and limitations 11. Bibliography The devaluation in Bangladesh job market Introduction: - Devaluation in job market means the mistreatment by the employers to the job seekers in different job farms. It causes great harm to countrymen. It is a social malady. Each and every government sector and most of the private job market sector of Bangladesh is affected by this illegal process. It is one of the most negative and harmful process in Bangladesh. It spreads it’s greedy clutches all over the country. To get a job in Bangladeshi job market every classes of job seekers has to face this devaluation problem both in govt. and private sectors and now a days this is becoming so common that the job seekers can’t ignore it even if they want to. The misuse of power, pelf, wealth and money is the root cause of this devaluation. There is no one to raise voice against this galloping corruption or the devaluation. This devaluation is not a new phenomenon. What is new and worrying in the magnitude and size of devaluation. It has spread its tentacles in every sphere...
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...02 1.1 History of HRM in Bangladesh 02 2 Theoretical / Conceptual Framework 02 3 Career development structure 03 3.1 BRAC Bank Limited – Banking Sector 03 3.1.1 Human Resources Division: 03 3.1.2 Different types of employees: 04 3.1.3 Training & Development Issues 04 3.1.4 Compensation, Pay & Employee Benefits 06 3.1.5 Evaluation Methods 08 3.1.6 Conclusion - BRAC Bank Ltd 08 3.2 Pacific jeans Limited – Garments Sector 09 3.2.1 Pacific jeans Limited code of product: 09 3.2.2 Human Resource Management of Pacific jeans Limited 09 3.2.3 The Main areas of Human Resource Management of Pacific jeans Limited: 10 4 Career development opportunities in Bangladesh 12 5 Summary and Conclusion 13 1 Introduction Human Resource Management means those people who are productive, creative, innovative and workable persons working in an organization. Human Resource Management is concerned with the people of Management. Since every organization is made up of people, acquiring their services, developing their skills, motivating them to high levels of performance and ensuring their commitment to the organization are essential to achieve organization objectives. Finally, we can say that, Human Resource Management is a branch of knowledge or areas of management practices that deals with conducting the nature of manpower job, manpower development, manpower remuneration and utilizing manpower and finally discharging Management function Concerning Human Resource Management. ...
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...However Fazle Abed's family moved out of Calcutta and he matriculated from Pabna Zilla School and went on to complete his higher secondary education from Dhaka College. Then He left home to attend Glasgow University, where, and in an effort to break away from tradition and do something radically different - he studied Naval Architecture. Later he joined the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants in London. The 1971 Liberation War of Bangladesh had a profound effect on him, then in his thirties, a professional accountant who was holding a senior corporate executive position at Shell Oil. The war dramatically changed the direction of his life; he left his job and moved to London to devote himself to Bangladesh's War of Independence. There, he helped to initiate a campaign called "Help Bangladesh" to organize funds to raise awareness about the war in Bangladesh. Fazle Hasan Abed, the founder and chairperson of the world's largest NGO, he is to be knighted by the Queen of England for his services to alleviating poverty in Bangladesh and abroad. Abed is the first Bangladeshi to receive the honour since 1947, though he is the second person in his family to be knighted. In 1913 his great uncle, Justice Nawab Sir Syed Shamsul Huda also received a knighthood. Sir Fazle has received numerous national and international awards for his...
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...sustainable development of Bangladesh through human resource advancement Gazi Mahabubul Alam Faculty of Education, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. E-mail: gazi.alam@um.edu.my. Tel: +6037967 5077. Fax + 603-7967 5010. Accepted 25 September, 2009 Education is supposed to play a vital role for the development of a nation. Many countries made progression through education. Nevertheless, some of them also failed to retain the development achieved since these countries failed to supply required skilled workforce for emerging economics caused by globalization and rapid change of economic pattern. This now forces policymakers to prioritize the production of skilled manpower that can contribute for sustainable development. The countries that achieved sustainable development have given a high priority to science and technology education in formulating education policy. Bangladesh has no more alternatives in order to gain development, except properly utilizing its population. Bangladesh’s economy and human development could have grown faster than its actual progression in the last 25 years (that is, since independence in 1971), if it had earlier taken substantial steps in educational development. This paper has defined a ‘network age population’ for Bangladesh. This paper also suggests that this population is required to provide science and technology based education with some revision of education policy in order to ensure the sustainable development. Key words:...
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...Bangladesh on its way to become a middle-income country by 2021 Essay Contents: 1. Introduction : 2. Classification of Countries and What is Meant by MIC: 3. Significance of Becoming a MIC, for Bangladesh : 4. Predictions on Bangladesh Becoming a MIC( International and National Sources ) : 5. Experience of Countries Moving from Low income to Middle Income Status : 6. Recommendations for Bangladesh to Become a MIC : 7. Becoming a MIC( Three Possible Scenarios) : 8. Conclusion : Essay Materials: sHoVoN Still a way to go for a middle-income Bangladesh Author: Fahmida Khatun, CPD Bangladesh’s recent graduation to the World Bank’s lower-middle-income category from a low-income category was only a matter of time. The country experienced steady growth in the 2000s and boosted its per capita income. Its from a mere...
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