http://ar.cou.ac.bd:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/143 2026-05-28T19:12:38Z http://ar.cou.ac.bd:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/156 Farmer’s perception and Agricultural Adaption Strategies to climate change : a study on coastal area of Feni District, Bangladesh. Saha, Priyanka; Islam, Md. Shamimul; Akter, Ayesha Climate change has become the most pressing issue for Bangladesh’s coastal districts over the few years. Climate change has a substantial effect on agricultural industries. As a result, adaptation is the primary policy for alleviating the destructive effects of climate change. This study will demonstrate farmer’s observations of climate change and their adaptation techniques, and the elements that determine their adaptation decisions. The investigation was conducted in sonagazi Upazila, Feni district’s sole coastline location . Four unions were chosen for data gathering because they were connected to the Bay of Bengal. 315 individuals were interviewed and a semi –structured questionnaire was used to acquire data .Descriptive statistics were used to ascertain public observations of climate change and adaptation alternatives. The factors influencing the farmer’s decision to adopt an adaptations strategy were analyzed using a Binary Logistic model. The study demonstrates that sonagazi farmers employ a diversity of adaptation tactics responding to climate change. Crop variety, mulching mixed cropping, crop rotation, tree planting, and irrigation efficiency are some of these measures. farming experience and from binary logistic model, it is cleared that only farming experience and education level of the farmers have positive influence on adaptation, tree planting ,and irrigation efficiency are some of these measures . From binary Logistic model, it is cleared that only farming experience and education level of the farmers have positive influence on adaptation decisions. 2021-12-01T00:00:00Z http://ar.cou.ac.bd:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/154 Exploring Constraints for willingness-to join to Community- Based Health Insurance Scheme Perceived by Rural Households of Gaibandha District in Bangladesh Sultana, Most, Sabiha; Kamal Uddin, Kazi Mohammed Due to the lack of necessary public funding and the absence of health insurance the low- income rural people of Bangladesh have no protection against catastrophic health expenditures. May policymakers recommended introducing self- financed healthcare service schemes, such as community-based health insurance scheme (CBHI) for ensuring health security, which could be a new source of financing apart from tax revenue. Hence, the CBHI scheme can populations. To explore the demand of the households for the CBH I scheme in the study area together with exploring the reasons for not joining the scheme. It is believed that this study will help policymakers to assess the WTJ and to identify the constraints for not joining the scheme of the rural households in Bangladesh .Thus, 10 (Ten) reasons had been identified that were the barriers for WTJ to scheme .The Relative Importance Index (RII) method had used describe the relative importance of the specific causes and effects based on the reasons for unwillingness to join the CBHI Scheme by using the Liker scale of five categories. In the study, about 90.1% of respondents expressed their WTJ thought inexperienced with 97.1% for the CBHI scheme. On the other hand, 9.9% were unwilling join the scheme, and the majority of households of them explored their financial inability as the barrier to WTJ the scheme. Besides according to RII method, Government will provide all types of healthcare services free of cost, had considered the most important reason, and Lack of trust in the management of the fund had considered the least important reason for the unwillingness of joining to CBHI scheme .To ensure financial protection , it is very necessary to improve communication, coordination, and partnerships between nongovernment organizations, donors, and government stakeholder involved in CBHI , were recommended. 2021-12-01T00:00:00Z http://ar.cou.ac.bd:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/152 From Myth to Reality: Haque, Mohammad Ainul Apart from having religious significance, the goddess durga and the rituals surrounding her have great social and cultural importance among the Bengali Hindu community of Bangladesh. Drawing on oral interviews and published materials, this paper examines how the myth of druga works in various social discourses carrying distinctive social and culture meanings within the Bengali Hindu community. It also explores the social and cultural significance of various ritualistic performances surrounding durga, along with considering the changing trends in those ritualistic performances, which indicate the different social and cultural positions of durga in contemporary Bengali society. The research is informed by qualitative methodologies, folklore scholarship, discourse analysis and performance study. 2021-12-01T00:00:00Z http://ar.cou.ac.bd:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/150 Macro-Economic and Bank-Specific Determinants of Liquidity: Hoque, Md. Amdadul; Jahan, Fahmida Israt The objectives of this study are to explore macroeconomic and bank-specific variables that influence the liquidity positions of Islamic banks in Bangladesh. For the empirical analysis, secondary data was collected form the different banks financial statements, World Bank and Bangladesh bank publications spanning 2009-2020.The panel data ware analysed using a random effect regression model. The study,s findings showed that bank size CAR, ROA ,DEP, and INF are statistically significant drivers of Islamic banks, liquidity in Bangladesh Among the bank-specific factors, bank size ROA, and DEP were shown to have a substantial adverse effect on liquidity, but CAR, was discovered to have a strong negative influence on the liquidity position of Islamic bank in Bangladesh. The growth rate of GDP has an insignificant positive impact on liquidity. The study suggests that bank to manage the excessive liquidity crisis. 2021-12-01T00:00:00Z