An article that examines Tagore's perception of the philosophy of nationalism and why he was opposed to it at a time when nationalism was the most universally accepted political institution in the world -- East and West. Published : Saturday, May 11, 2013http://archive.thedailystar.net/beta2/news/tagore-and-nationalism/ 1 of 5 2/21/2014 8:49 AM

The Self-determination theory (SDT) developed by Ryan and Deci (1985), has been applied by many L2 researchers to explicate the relationship between motivation and L2 learning outcomes from social and psychological perspectives. In addition, SDT distinguishes intrinsic motivation from extrinsic motivation on L2 learning achievement. Bakar et al. (J

In this paper, a new approach of genetic algorithm called knowledge-based Genetic Algorithm (KBGA-Clustering) is proposed for multidimensional data clustering. Basically, this method adopts knowledge of what called as appropriate cluster centre for a fixed number of k-cluster. The chromosome which has inappropriate genes will be penalised with maxi

An article that examines the life and political career of Bangabandhu Sheik Mujibur Rahman, especially in light of his recently published autobiography, The Unfinished Memoirs.

The objective of this paper is to analyze the “gharar” issue of warrant by presenting the empirical evidence of warrant mispricing in Malaysia's market (moneyness and mispricing) and its determinant. The Black Scholes Option Pricing Model (BSOPM) will be used to detect mispricing in a warrant's contract. In addition panel regression wil

This research project intended to study the performance of chitosan as flocculating agent for removal heavy metal (zinc) from artificial water. Chitosan was used due to its special characteristics such as non-toxic, hydrophilic, biodegradable, biocompatible, and anti-bacterial, biopolymer and very good adsorption of heavy metal which has led to a v

Examines the contributions and significance of two of the best Asian writers of the modern era, South Asia's Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain (1880-1932) and Southeast Asia's Edwin Thumboo (1933-). It looks at their similarities and differences in outlook and scope of writing. ASIATIC, VOLUME 7, NUMBER 2, DECEMBER 2013 Asiatic , Vol. 7, No. 2, Decem

The emerging tendency among the proponents of political Islam in Egypt, Tunisia, and Turkey is that they intend to create Islamic polity within secular frame of political activity that is they are prepared to share power with secularists and preserve the secular nature of the state. The relevant question this study investigates is that does the app

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

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