According to national and international press report, the present Awami League (AL) government in Bangladesh has been oppressing opposition political party leaders and their supporters as a means of revenge against them since it assumed in power in January 2009. So far it has killed more than 200 people extra-judicially and arrested more than 1200

In certain business organization, acknowledging public perception towards their business practices may give a positive impact towards the future business performance. Similarly, to ensure the sustainable of Takaful industry as an alternative Islamic insurance, getting customers’ perception towards their marketing practice is important. It is so b

Takaful agents have become among the important distribution channels in Takaful industry. Besides selling Takaful products, the agents must practice Islamic ethical behaviour in dealing with customers. This research seeks to investigate the relationship between Takaful agents’ Islamic ethical behaviour and customers’ satisfaction, trust and com

The fractal dimension is a global measure of complexity and is useful for quantifying anatomical structures, including the retinal vascular network. A previous study found a linear declining trend with aging on the retinal vascular fractal dimension (DF); however, it was limited to the older population (49 years and older). This study aimed to inve

Mosques are worship places used for activities performed by Muslim e.g. prayer, speech and Quran recitations. All activities in the mosques are important acoustical interests for satisfactory speech intelligibility i.e. verbal communication. Unfortunately, recent architectural styles or restoration works were given very little attention about acous

Traumatic diaphragmatic hernias are an unusual presentation of trauma. The diagnosis is often missed because of non-specific clinical signs, and the absence of additional intra-abdominal and thoracic injuries. Thus, a delay in diagnosis may occur which, in the presence of obstruction and/or strangulation, is associated with a high mortality and mor

This study suspects that relying on the current Shariah screening process on financial aspects by Shariah Advisory Council of Malaysia may be not sufficient as the two important ratios which are Debt ratio and ARTA ratio highlighted by Council of Islamic Fiqh Academy (CIFA) are not being used. The study observed 347 Shariah-compliant companies and

This paper attempts to explore the possibility of using Islamic REITs (iREITs) as one of the potential financing method for waqf land development. This paper identifies several ways on how iREITs issuance can be use to tap money from the generous Muslim donors and the investors for the development. The funds raised by the issuance of iREITs not onl

Ethics and ethical behavior are issues which are increasingly being focused on the business community today. People are becoming more concerned about what is actually happening in business organizations in the name of competition, growth, and profitability. Organizations are crossing the red zone of ethics and ethical behaviors. A growing number of

This present study intends to investigate the feasibility of drilling deep microholes in difficult-to-cut tungsten carbide by means of low frequency workpiece vibration-assisted micro–electrodischarge machining (micro-EDM). A vibration device has been designed and developed in which the workpiece is subjected to vibration of up to a frequency of