University of Dhaka

Trust in the police among low-income urban residents in Bangladesh: perceived level and associated factors

The study aimed to assess the trust level in police among low-income urbanites in Bangladesh and explore the factors influencing the trust in police. A cross-sectional study design and quantitative approach were followed through face-to-face surveys to gather data from 18-year-ol...

Dietary intake patterns and KDOQI guideline compliance among hemodialysis patients in Bangladesh: Gaps, misreporting, and clinical implications

Optimal nutrition is a central to the care of people receiving maintenance hemodialysis, yet dietary intake in these patients is usually measured by self-report, and self-report is known to be unreliable. Evidence from resource-limited dialysis settings is scarce. This cross-sect...

Multiyear dual-isotope fingerprinting at South Asian receptor sites constrains carbon monoxide sources and enhanced oxidation

Carbon monoxide (CO) is an indirect short-lived climate forcer with uncertainties both in sources and its role in atmospheric oxidation. Based on nine winter-long dual-isotope campaigns at two South Asian receptor sites intercepting the continental outflow, we quantified CO sourc...

The overlooked role of food and cultural dimensions in recreational fisheries

Our study examines the diversity of values within a superficially homogeneous recreational fishery and its relationship to angler diversity. We collected data on fishing preferences, behaviors, catch usage, and sociodemographics from 443 shore anglers across 10 cities in the lowe...

Spatiotemporal dynamics and drivers of surface urban heat island intensity in Dhaka, Bangladesh using geospatial remote sensing

Abstract Rapid urbanization has a profound impact on urban thermal environments, particularly in densely populated megacities. This study aims to assess the spatiotemporal dynamics of land surface temperature (LST), surface urban heat island (SUHI) intensity, land use/land cover...

Post-Prison Social Reintegration in Bangladesh: Institutional Scarcity, Relational Brokerage, and the Conversion of Social Resources

Post-prison reintegration is a socially negotiated process in which legal release must be translated into livelihood, belonging, trust, and a sustainable law-abiding life. This qualitative comparative case study examines how that process is shaped by institutional constraints and...

Impact assessment of co-management strategies on forest ecosystem in protected areas of Bangladesh using remote sensing and GIS based analysis

Co-management of Protected Areas (PAs) has emerged as a strategy to make forest restoration and biodiversity conservation more effective by encouraging the active participation of local people. This study analyzed the co-management effects in two protected areas i.e. Dharmapur Sh...

Comparison of data-driven and numerical weather prediction models for rainfall nowcasting in major cities of Bangladesh

Flood-prone Bangladesh requires accurate short-term rainfall prediction, yet conventional numerical weather prediction (NWP) models remain computationally intensive and regionally limited in skill. This study evaluates and compares four deep learning (DL) architectures — Simple L...

Climate-driven dengue forecasting in Bangladesh: division-specific feature-set design and lag structure

Abstract Bangladesh shows marked annual variation in dengue incidence, partly driven by meteorological effects on Aedes breeding and transmission. We contrast consistently high-burden Dhaka with Barishal, where dengue incidence has recently increased, and emphasize feature-set de...

To release or not to release? Understanding sawfish release behavior in a global south complex fishery

Abstract What socio‐economic, cultural, subjective, or institutional factors might motivate a socially marginalized, economically constrained fisher to voluntarily release a highly valuable catch such as a sawfish? This study looked at fishers' attitudes (ability, willingness, an...

How Many PM2.5 Sensors are Needed to Estimate Daily and Annual Deployed-Network Mean Concentrations in City-Scale Sensor Networks?

Abstract Low-cost PM2.5 sensors make it possible to deploy dense networks, but the density required depends on the monitoring objective and local variability. We examined how well smaller subnetworks reproduce deployed-network daily and annual or study-period mean concentrations...

The effectiveness of wetlands in reducing urban heat during the pre-monsoon season in Bangladesh: a case study of Sharoboriya wetland in Dhaka city

Dhaka’s urban growth and unplanned landcover changes have severely degraded natural wetlands. This study monitored pedestrian-level air temperature along three routes of varying building density around the Sharoboriya wetland during the 2025 pre-monsoon season, alongside a reside...

Youth Participation and Socio-Political Transformation: A Comprehensive Bibliometric Analysis

Using 6281 peer-reviewed articles from the Dimensions database, this study provides a bibliometric analysis of the literature (from 2000 to 2024) regarding youth participation in sociopolitical activities and its implications for social and political change. With recent spikes in...

Dietary patterns among women with polycystic ovary syndrome in Bangladesh: a cross-sectional comparison with women without PCOS

Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a common endocrine disorder associated with reproductive and metabolic complications, for which dietary modification is an important component of management. Although previous studies have examined dietary patterns among women with PCOS, eviden...

Natural radioactivity and associated hazard indices from a gas field (Fenchuganj, Bangladesh): Assessment and management guidelines

It is crucial to carry out thorough research and risk assessments in the oil and gas production and processing sectors because of the possible health risks associated with the redistribution of naturally occurring radioactive materials (NORMs). Radioactivity levels in surface soi...

Provenance by Construction: A Contract-First Architecture for Reproducible and Auditable LLM-Assisted Risk Intelligence from Heterogeneous Public Data

Analytical systems that derive risk indicators from heterogeneous public data increasingly incorporate large language models into the extraction path. This introduces a structural auditability problem: a published number may depend upon a model version, a prompt revision and a da...

Influence of Alkyl Chain Length in Cation of Imidazolium-Based Ionic Liquids in Restructuring Water

Abstract The effect of alkyl chain length of a series of ionic liquids (ILs), 1-alkyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride ([Cnmim]Cl, where n = 2, 4, 8, 12, and 14) on the ability to restructure water in aqueous media has been systematically investigated. When water and solutes interact...

Investigating the Impact of Fintech Adoption on SME Financing: A Study from an Emerging Market

This study aims to analyze the impact of fintech adoption on the SME financing of scheduled banks in Bangladesh. Data has been collected from 30 scheduled banks operating in Bangladesh from 2013 to 2023. The data were analyzed using the statistical software STATA 14.0. Independen...

Health beliefs, medication adherence, and blood-pressure control in rural Bangladeshi hypertension: an exploratory sequential mixed-methods study

Abstract Background Hypertension control remains poor in low and middle income countries, including Bangladesh, where medication adherence is often suboptimal. How patients' health beliefs translate into adherence and blood pressure control in rural settings is poorly understood....

CDKN1B variant prioritization reveals Y74N as a highly destabilizing mutation and identifies regulatory SNPs linked to structural and transcriptional disruption

The CDKN1B -encoded tumor suppressor protein p27 Kip1 is a key regulator of the G1-S cell cycle checkpoint, and its dysregulation is implicated in human malignancies. However, a comprehensive in silico characterization of both coding and non-coding variants in this gene remains l...