http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/68 Tue, 14 Apr 2026 22:15:55 GMT 2026-04-14T22:15:55Z http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/80 A study of the writing behaviors of low proficiency English learners in Bangladesh Majid, Iffat A. N This paper makes a comparative study of what low proficiency learners do when they write narratives in their native language and in English. It tries to find out whether language proficiency works as an impediment to good writing or whether it is an ability independent of the level of language proficiency. It was found that good writing by itself is an independent ability and bad writers in Bengali were also bad writers in English, while good writers in Bengali tried hard to write well in English. This finding has important implications for language teachers. Sat, 01 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/80 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/79 Factors facilitating the vulnerability of HIV/AIDS in Bangladesh and the national responses Mahumd, Saleh; Bhuiyan, Md. Bahadur Hossian In the global scenario of HIV/AIDS, Bangladesh is among those countries with a low prevalence of infection. Bangladesh initiated an early response to the HIV epidemic starting in the mid-1980s. This paper reviews available sources of data, including routine surveillance, general population surveys, and various research studies with the aim to understand the facilitating factors of HIV/AIDS in Bangladesh. This paper also focuses on the national responses to HIV/AIDS considering the leadership and strategic direction, key government structure of HIV/AIDS prevention programme, national policy on HIV/AIDS/STIs related issues. Available data show that the HIV epidemic is still at relatively low level; however, there are lots of factors which may contribute to the spread of HIV/AIDS in Bangladesh. This paper finds that continuing high risk behavior among sex workers and their clients, transgender, having sex with men, injecting drug users, high rate of STIs, low condom use, extramarital and premarital sexual activity, illiteracy, low level of HIV/AIDS awareness, gender inequalities, gaps in the health care disparity all contribute to the threat of the spread of epidemic unless critical preventive efforts are initiated to avert it in the general population. Sat, 01 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/79 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/78 Meursault’s Indifferent Stance: A Conscious Acceptance of Capitalism Akram, Mohamad Wasim This paper aims at determining how Meursault’s conscious acceptance of capitalism in The Outsider turns out to be “inevitability” in a society automated by pre -set rules and conventions. This inevitability springs directly from his perennial concern for upholding his identity as a free human being through “assertion of one’s own individual choice”. Through an intricate discussion of the text, the paper will trace that most of Meursault’s decisions taken in the course of the novel are often stimulated by external factors. The major objective, however, is to prove that whereas most of the characters are simply performing roles even without understanding them, Meursault’s case is a deliberate one as a silent protest against the unconscious and essential acceptance of Capitalism. Unlike others, Meursault stands apart with his own conscience and the philosophy of indifference always motivates him not to be one of those who follow the ‘conventions’ without question. Hence, the absurdities that make him a stranger to his fellow people transform him into a human being, a man with freedom of choice who acts only if he really understands. Sat, 01 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/78 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/77 Fractals Ruma, Mahmuda Binte Mostofa; Islam, Nadia A fractal is an object or quantity that displays self-similarity, in a somewhat technical sense, on all scales. The object need not exhibit exactly the same structure on all scales, but the same "type" of structures must appear on all scales. A plot of the quantity on a log-log graph versus scale then gives a straight line, whose slope is said to be the fractal dimension. The prototypical example for a fractal is the length of a coastline measured with different length rulers. The shorter the ruler, the longer the length measured, a paradox known as the coastline paradox. The Mandelbrot set is a famous example of a fractal. A fractal is generally "a rough or fragmented geometric shape that can be split into parts, each of which is (at least approximately) a reduced-size copy of the whole," a property called self-similarity. Roots of mathematical interest on fractals can be traced back to the late 19th Century; however, the term "fractal" was coined by Benoit Mandelbrot in 1975 and was derived from the Latin fractus meaning "broken" or "fractured." Sat, 01 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/77 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z