An interview with the Malaysian-American poet-writer Shirley Geok-lin Lim that traces her early career, from the beginning to the years after she received the prestigious Commonwealth Writers Prize in 1980. Although Lim is a versatile writer who has excelled in multiple genres, this interview focuses exclusively on her poetry as her primary calling

A collection of selected poems by Bangladeshi poet, Atiqur Rahman. It brings together 16 of his poems in Bengali original and in English translation.

The present work uses design of experiments (DOE) technique along with response surface methodology to develop linear models, to establish linear input-output relationships in a suddenly expanded flow process. Mach number (M), nozzle pressure ratio (NPR), area ratio (AR) and length to diameter (L/D) ratio have been considered as the input parameter

This book entitled “Development Planning in Sabah” is a book that describes the development and planning practices in the state. The book starts with a discussion on early planning and development of Sabah during before the independence. The next chapter on planning and development framework in Sabah, the book illustrates Sabah from the perspec

Bangladesh has the Westminster type of political system, where the prime minister is the main executive, leader of the house and advises the president. The civil service is the administrative arm of the government and has the responsibility to serve the people of the country (GoB, 1994: Art 21). However, the structure of Bangladesh Civil Service sh

The 2001 US invasion of Afghanistan entailed combating terrorist cells and democratization of Afghanistan. The democratization argument has been based on the assumption that Afghanistan had no history of civic culture and democratic experience. Afghanistan’s history was that of authoritarianism, dictatorship and dogmatic leadership. On December 5

English text is commonly used online for English language and other languages as well. This is one of its attributes that makes its usage gains more popularity than others. English text version of Holy Qur’an and Tafsir can be readable by those who cannot read the Arabic version in the transliterated form. However, a non-Arab native recitation mi

President Trump when for running for the White House promised his supporters to make America Great again. He also instigated anti-Muslim feelings among his audience. He promised that he would move the US Embassy to Jerusalem. Finally, he made it to the White House and won the American Presidency. Analysis of his 100 days in office suggests that his

Leadership plays a crucial role in ensuring quality management in an organization. The purpose of this article is to examine the roles of leadership in quality management relating to the Chittagong City Corporation (CCC), one of the major urban government units in Bangladesh. This study is guided by the European Foundation of Quality Management (EF

The 1979 Iranian Revolution entailed establishing Iran’s hegemony in the region and promotion of shi’ite doctrinal values in the Muslim world. The Iranian State under the leadersip of Ayatullah Khomeini was tasked to design a strategy of organizing and connecting the non-Iranian Shi’ites and Sunnite sympathisers of the revolution particulary