Health and demographic condition of street children are important issues for the development of any country. Several researchers estimated that a substantial percent of total street children in Bangladesh are living in the ...

Fertility intention has been drawn increasing attention on the significance of social capital and NGOs because there is interrelation among fertility intention, social capital and NGOs. It is interesting to note that NGOs ...

Bangladesh is a developing country with an accelerate population growth. The government or Bangladesh has long been trying to control its population and has introduced various programs after its independence. But, the ...

Birth spacing is a major determinant for evaluating family building process due to its direct relationship with fertility. The mean duration of successive birth intervals is obviously related to the fertility rate, the ...

Women empowerment is one of the most important issues of modern era. After a major contribution in the development process, female population has low status as compared to men, specifically in the developing world. Gradually, ...

Background: World population stood at 7.238 billion in 2014. South Asia accounts 1.806 billion of world population of which, Bangladesh, the third populous country in South Asia contributes 158.5 million people. More ...

Adolescent aged 10-19 years constitute a large proportion of the Bangladeshi population. With a total population of about 160 million, adolescents comprise 22% and projected to increase to 35 million by 2020. This important ...

Infant and under-five mortality are the sensitive indices of development and often reflect a country's quality of life. But there is little understanding of whether Bangladesh will be capable of achieving all of the ...

Transmission of an infectious disease may occur through one or more diverse pathways including physical contact with infected individuals. These infected agents may also be transmitted through liquids, foods, body fluids, ...

This Thesis uses data from Nilphamari, a district in the northern part of Bangladesh, where hardcore poverty is a common scenario. The core objective of this study is to examine the impact of some key factors on child ...