Psychosocial stress and trauma during the COVID‐19 pandemic: Evidence from Bangladesh

Hossain Md. Ismail,Mehedi Nafiul,Ahmad Iftakhar,Ali Isahaque,Azman Azlinda 한국사회복지학회 2021 Asian Social Work and Policy Review Vol.15 No.2

The COVID-19 outbreak has become a global health crisis affecting both the physical and mental health of people across the world. Likewise, the people of Bangladesh are going through a menacing mental health catastrophe with the outbreak of coronavirus that resulting in stress and trauma. Hence, this situation is altering people's lifestyles and generating complexities in psychological well-being. The study was based on the review of published articles and media reports related to stress and trauma during the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh. A total of 10 peer-reviewed articles and 45 newspaper reports were included following an extensive literature search. The contents were searched on Google, Google Scholar, PubMed, local online newspapers, social networking sites, and different webpages and published articles in different journals on COVID-19 from March 5 to October 25, 2020. The review study finds that the mental health of people in Bangladesh has severely been affected by the outbreak of coronavirus. All of the government, voluntary, and civil organizations need to give further emphasis on psychosocial and bereavement counseling in order to support those experiencing mental shocks resulting from the COVID-19 crisis. There is the need to strengthen more consultative and collaborative efforts from all public health experts, social workers, psychologists, and policymakers in doing so. Social workers in this context will be able to make meaningful contributions in supporting those affected people to better adjust to the challenging situation.

Farmers and private traders response to rice markets liberalization in Bangladesh

Hossain, Mohammad Ismail,Verbeke, Wim Jungseok Research Institute of International Logis 2008 JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LOGISTICS AND TRADE Vol.6 No.1

Rice is staple food for Bangladeshi people. Although rice markets were liberalized in 1992, the government continued to intervene in this sector. This study examines the farmers' and private traders' response in liberalized rice marketing system in two regions. 40 farmers and 20 traders were interviewed by using a structural questionnaire for collecting the necessary information. The liberalization of the rice market, in particular, has been embraced more by the private traders then by the farmers. Although there has been a rapid emergence of private traders, the emergence of a vibrant trading sector that would fill the gap left by the state has been slow. The rice market is segmented with the private traders supplying different market circuits. Farmers on the other have not responded positively ? 새 the lack of capital, lack of storage facilities, lack of market information, dominance of intermediaries and low price during the harvest period. Most of the farmers are unwilling to expand their acreage due to the family requirements of other crops. In rural remote areas where the road infrastructure is poor, private sector marketing activities have not yet emerged. Thus government can foster private participation and market integration by improving the road and storage infrastructure. Furthermore, government needs to take measures that strengthen the agricultural price and marketing information system targeted at both farmers and traders.

Social Work Practice for Social Development in Bangladesh: Issues and Challenges

Md. Ismail Hossain,Golam M. Mathbor 한국사회복지학회 2014 Asian Social Work and Policy Review Vol.8 No.2

Social work addresses social issues that constrain the betterment of a community. However, socialwork practice is struggling to deal effectively with the development challenges of Bangladesh. Basedon a literature review and the experiences of the authors, this paper explores the emerging issueswhere social work practice is anticipated as a promising alternative for bringing sustainable socialdevelopment in Bangladesh. Simultaneously, the paper discovers the limitation of social work practicein Bangladesh addressing these challenges.

SECTORAL CO-INTEGRATION AND THE ROLE OF AGRICULTURE IN BANGLADESH

Mohammad Ismail Hossain,Mst. Esmat Ara Begum,Eleni Papadopoulou,AnastasiosSemos 인하대학교 정석물류통상연구원 2012 JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LOGISTICS AND TRADE Vol.10 No.3

This study estimates a Vector Error Correction Model (VECM) that incorporates the linkages among the agriculture, industry, construction, transport, storage and communication and service sectors for Bangladesh by using historical data from 1979 to 2009. Two cointegrating vectors confirm that all the different sectors moved together over the sample period, and therefore that their growth rates are interdependent. The long-run relationships of the industrial, construction, transport, storage and communication and service sectors to the agricultural sector were established, and the results show that the industrial and construction sectors contribute positively to the agricultural sector, the growing service sector contributes negatively and the transport, storage and communication sector shows mixed results. In addition, weak exogeneity for the agricultural sector is rejected and this underlines the fact that the agricultural sector should be considered by policymakers in any analysis of inter sector growth.

Cointegration Analysis of Rural Wheat Markets in Northern Bangladesh

Mohammad Ismail Hossain,Eleni Papadopoulou,Esmat Ara Begum 인하대학교 정석물류통상연구원 2011 JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LOGISTICS AND TRADE Vol.9 No.2

This paper examines the cointegration of wheat market prices in Northern Bangladesh. Results are based on weekly wholesale price data on wheat collected from the Department of Agricultural Marketing (DAM) in eight markets in the Rangpur division of Northern Bangladesh. The data has 208 observations for wheat in each of the eight markets ranging over a period of January 2006 to December 2009. Johansen’s cointegration test reveals that most of the wholesale markets of wheat in the Rangpur division are co-integrated which indicates that price signals and information are transmitted smoothly across the markets. The discovery of the market integration appears to be quite significant for the success of price policy and market liberalization programs which are being undertaken in Bangladesh.

Feminization and Labor Vulnerability in Global Manufacturing Industries: Does Gendered Discourse Matter?

Md. Ismail Hossain,Golam M. Mathbor,Renata Semenza 한국사회복지학회 2013 Asian Social Work and Policy Review Vol.7 No.3

Two contested arguments persist in explaining the causes of feminization and labor vulnerability. Some scholars argue that global industries are dominated by female workers as a result of thesearch for cheap labor. On the other hand, some scholars claim that the primary cause of feminizationand labor vulnerability is the gendered discourses of work. Drawing views from readymadegarment (RMG) industries of Bangladesh, this paper argues that both economic choices of cheaplabor and gendered discourses of work collaboratively contribute to feminizing the labor force. This feminization of the workforce enables the violation of labor rights and benefits capitalists.

Analysis of sedimentary facies and depositional environments of the Permian Gondwana sequence in borehole GDH-45, Khalaspir Basin, Bangladesh

H.M. Zakir Hossain,M. Sultan-Ul-Islam,Syed Samsuddin Ahmed,Ismail Hossain 한국지질과학협의회 2002 Geosciences Journal Vol.6 No.3

Lithofacies analysis of the Permian Gondwana sequencein borehole GDH-45 of the Khalaspir Basin was performed with aview to deduce the nature of depositional environments. On thebasis of dominant lithofacies association, the sequence is dividedinto six lithostratigraphic units (units A to F). Five lithofacies (con-glomerate, sandstone, siltstone, mudstone/shale and coal) are iden-tified within these units. Several sub-lithofacies, such as masive,crudely stratified, cross-stratified, ripple and parallel laminatedsandstones are also identified within these lithofacies. The sequenceforms a fining-upward trend with a rare coarsening-upward unit.The generalised Gondwana sequence is characterised mainly bychannel lags, pebbly massive to crudely cross-stratified sandstone,trough and planar cross-stratified sandstone, ripple laminatedsandstone/siltstone, massive to parallel laminated siltstone, mud-stone/shale and coal in ascending order. The facies associationsrepresent several repeated fining-upward units and cycles, indi-cating various sub-environments (channel, floodplain, flood basin/backswamp) in fluvial regime. The conglomerates might have bendeposited as debris flow or channel lag deposits. The sandstoneswere deposited mainly as multistoried channel and lateral bars inmoderately braided and sinuous streams. The siltstone and mud-stone lithofacies indicate bar top, natural levee or floodplain toflood basin environments. The coal lithofacies suggests depositionin low-lying, short to long persistent, moderately to well drainedand sparse to densely vegetated backswamps in fluvial channel-flood-plain complex. The overall succession of the Gondwana borehole sed-iments sugests that the depositional basin became, with time, gentlerin slope gradient, resulting in a more sinuous stream setting.

Chemical composition and anti-fungal properties of the essential oils and crude extracts of Orthosiphon stamineus Benth

Hossain, M.A.,Ismail, Z.,Rahman, A.,Kang, S.C. Elsevier 2008 Industrial crops and products Vol.27 No.3

The hydrodistilled essential leaves and stems oils of Orthosiphon stamineus Benth were analysed by GC-MS/MS. Sixty nine compounds representing 97.6 and 97.4% of the total leaves and stems oils, respectively were identified, of which β-caryophyllene (24.0 and 35.1%), α-humulene (14.2 and 18.4%), β-elemene (11.1 and 8.5%), 1-octen-3-ol (8.2 and 7.0%), β-bourbonene (3.4 and 3.0%), β-pinene (2.1 and 1.7%), caryophyllene oxide (1.6 and 2.2%), camphene (1.6 and 1.3%) and limonene (1.2 and 1.1%) were the major compounds. Thus, the monoterpenes and sesquiterpenes were the predominant portions of the oils. Essential oils and methanol extract of O. stamineus and the derived fractions of hexane, chloroform, and ethyl acetate were tested for anti-fungal activity, which was determined by disc diffusion and minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) determination methods. The oils, methanol extract and derived fractions of methanol extract displayed great potential of anti-fungal activity as a mycelial growth inhibitor against the tested phytopathogenic fungi such as Botrytis cinerea, Rhizoctonia solani, Fusarium solani, Colletotricum capsici and Phytophthora capsici, in the range of 49.3-70.3% and minimum inhibitory concentration ranging from 500 to 1000μg/ml.

Social assistance programs during the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh: Does faith-based approach matters?

Salahuddin Abul Fazal Md,Hossain Md. Ismail,Ali Isahaque,Azman Azlinda 한국사회복지학회 2023 Asian Social Work and Policy Review Vol.17 No.1

This paper aimed to examine the role of faith- based organizations (FBOs) in the dis-tribution of social assistance (SA) during the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh. The paper adopts a qualitative case-study approach to explore the best practices in the distribution of SA by five (5) organizations including FBOs, governmental organiza-tions (GOs), Non- governmental organizations (NGOs), political groups, and private voluntary groups. In this study, 14 beneficiaries of SA were selected by stratified pro-portionate random sampling method, and five (5) key personnel were selected pur-posively based on their experiences in the management of SA distribution. The study found that “no- move, no touch” approach followed by FBOs is more likely to establish human rights and social justice and reduce the transmission of diseases. In contrast to the modern idea, which undermines the faith- based charity, the study proved that faith- based charity is gaining attraction as an effective approach combating global pandemic. The findings of this paper will be useful for policymakers, voluntary service workers, GO, and NGO workers to ensure the distribution of SA in a more productive and disciplined way during and after an emergency like the COVID-19 pandemic.

New Sources of Resistance to Cucumber mosaic virus in Capsicum annuum

Md. Siddiqur Rahman,Abdul Mannan Akanda,Ismail Hossain Mian,Md. Khurshed Alam Bhuiyan,Md. Motaher Hossain 한국작물학회 2016 Journal of crop science and biotechnology Vol.19 No.3

Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) is the most serious virus disease affecting chilli (Capsicum annuum L.) worldwide and the absence of natural resistance makes management of CMV outbreaks difficult. The characterization of improved sources of resistance to CMV in chilli would facilitate the development of commercially acceptable chilli varieties with adequate levels of CMV resistance. A total of 30 chilli genotypes were evaluated for their reaction to CMV in field and artificial inoculated conditions during 2010-2011 and 2011-2012. Large differences were observed among genotypes for disease incidence, severity indexes, and yield losses. Based on observed data, genotype CA23 (Noakhali) was identified as resistant, while CA12 (Comilla-2) was categorized as moderately resistant to CMV both in natural and inoculated conditions. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay absorbance values of samples taken from CMV-infected leaves corresponded well with visible viral symptoms for these genotypes. The identified C. annuum CA23 and CA12 genotypes represent previously undescribed and potentially useful sources of CMV resistance.