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    Important role of learning Institution in Bangladesh and the activities of training and development Institution Listeners and Speakers Forum (LSF)

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    This internship report is submitted in a partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Masters of Business Administration, 2018.Catalogued from PDF version of internship report.Includes bibliographical references (page 26).Purpose of this report is to exhibit a brief picture of the importance and activities of Training and Development Institutions in Bangladesh. In this report I have presented how does a professional training institution “Listeners and Speakers Forum (LSF)” work. In Bangladesh, Training and Development Institutions is one of promising emerging industry in current competitive era, but this industry was remains unfolded until the 2000s. Then few private and government initiatives few training and development institutions got existence to provide professional courses, leadership training, entrepreneurship development program, skill based training, and other soft skills. Currently the industry is leaded mainly by private training institutions. I have used the interviewing methodology to gather facts and opinions of the current situation and to organize the information. I also tried to focus on how efficiently and effectively this organization can , manage and how dose LSF select plan, and execute training programs, what are the major professional training programs LSF conduct, and what is the growth potentialities of this industry. This report also reflects how this company can maintain their global update standards and practices. It also covers how they should plan the development activities of the valuable human assets. The report covers the organizational background and details of the Organization.Sonia Alam TarinM. Business Administratio

    Partnership impact on integrating business strategy: a study on strategic partnership management of The Daily Star

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    This internship report is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Business Administration, 2018.Cataloged from PDF version of internship report.Includes bibliographical references (page 16).The Internship Report “Partnership Impact on Integrating Business Strategy: A Study on Strategic Partnership Management of The Daily Star” is originated as a partial requirement of BBA Program, BRAC Business School, BRAC University, Dhaka. This report focuses working experiences at The Daily Star. This report will give a clear idea about the activities and operational strategies of TDS. This report contains seven parts. The first part is focused on the Introduction, background of the study, objective of the study, limitations of the study. The Second part is focused on the methodology of study, scope of data, population size, sampling technique and tools used. The Third part is focused on literature review and conceptual framework. The Fourth part is focused on my job as an intern in The Daily Star. The Fifth part is focused on organizational profile. The Sixth parts contains focused on findings and analysis of this report. The Seventh part contains recommendation and conclusion of this report. In TDS, the “Partnerships Management” is being followed properly. The Business Development department of TDS prepares plans and demonstrates with other departments to maintain successful partnership to other NGO’s, educational Institutes and various organizations. In Business Development section the basic work is to enter into partnership with the events arranged by non-profit organizations like, clubs of schools, colleges, universities, corporates and NGOs.Sk. Md. Muttakin KhokonB. Business Administratio

    Investigation of in-vitro antioxidant and cytotoxic potential of 1:1 mixture of grape seed and green tea ethanolic extract

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    This project report is submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Pharmacy, 2018.Catalogued from PDF version of project report.Includes bibliographical references (page 65-71).Grape seed extract and Green tea (also known as Camellia sinensis) are two very common plants extracts that have been generally used in several food and beverage applications. Due to the health benefits associated with them, makes them a popular choice for our study. From various literature reviews, it has been revealed that these plants exhibit properties such as anti-oxidant, hypoglycemic, anti-microbial, anti-cancer, anti-smoking, have food safety applications and also provide synergistic effects when consumed with certain drugs such as 5-Fluorouracil. Since no in-vitro antioxidant and cytotoxic potential studies were carried out with the 1:1 mixture of grape seed and green tea extract in ethanolic solvent, this study was designed to observe whether their anti-oxidant potential and cytotoxic activity increases due to synergistic effects or not. Firstly, phytochemical screening revealed that the Grape seed extract (GSE) did not exhibit alkaloid and glycosides. Similarly, Green tea extract (GTE) showed the absence of alkaloid, saponin and glycosides. For better understanding of the antioxidant potential of 1:1 mixture of GSE and GTE, several in-vitro antioxidant tests were carried out. The DPPH free radical scavenging assay denoted that 96.42% of inhibition of free radicals was evident at 1200μg/mL of the extract. The IC50 was found to be 75.86μg/mL for the plant extract, whereas the IC50 was found to be 84.783μg/mL for the standard ascorbic acid which indicated that the extract exhibited more anti-oxidant activity than the standard. The Total Phenolic Content (TPC) was found to be 122.87 mg of gallic acid equivalent (GAE)/g at 1200μg/mL. The Total Flavonoid Content (TFC) and the Total Antioxidant Capacity (TAC) was found to be very low. Therefore, overall anti-oxidant potential was moderate. Cytotoxic activity was examined using an in-vitro cytotoxicity screening method known as MTT assay on cervical cancer cell line (HeLa). The results indicated that highest percentage of cell growth inhibition was seen for 2.5mg/mL concentration of sample in which about 37.97% of cell growth was inhibited giving IC50 value of 8.1 mg/mL. To conclude, it can be inferred that due to absence of synergistic effect, the ethanolic extract of 1:1 mixture of grape seed and green tea showed weak cytotoxic effect and moderate antioxidant potential.Raihanatul AnwarB. Pharmac

    Local varieties of Allium Sativum has more effective antimicrobial property compared to imported variety

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    This thesis is submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Science in Microbiology, 2018.Catalogued from PDF version of thesis report.Includes bibliographical references (page 46).Natural antibiotics or commonly known as herbal plants are used against various small diseases throughout the history of mankind. Now we use synthetic antibiotics. However, these antibiotics are very much ineffective against various microorganisms because of the antibiotic resistance. In current work we used Bangladeshi and hybrid garlic against Vibrio cholerae, Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus cereus and Streptococcus pyogenes. The garlic samples were dried and ethanolic and methanolic extract were prepared following a previously published protocol. The extracts were diluted by Dimethyl sulfoxide and Distilled water at 75%, 50% and 25% for conducting agar diffusion tests. The prepared extracts were tested on microorganisms by using minimal bactericidal concentration of garlic extract. Further, agar well diffusion test were performed in order to determine the zone of inhibition. For determine the qualitative analysis of the phytochemical properties of Bangladeshi and hybrid garlic, we did basic phytochemical screening tests. Bangladeshi variety of garlic showed MBC of 62.5%, 67.5%, 52.5%, and 65% against Vibrio cholerae, Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus cereus and Streptococcus pyogenes respectively where as MBC of 70%, 75%, 70%, and 70% was found for the hybrid variety against the same organisms. The average diameters of inhibition-zone were 11mm, 12.5mm, 21.5mm and 18.65mm against Vibrio cholerae, Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus cereus and Streptococcus pyogenes respectively while the same for hybrid variety were 8mm, 6mm, 20.67mm, and 7mm These results suggest that the local variety might be more effective against the bacteria tested in this study. The phytochemical test result shows that Bangladeshi Garlic contains protiens, tannins and phenols, alkaloids and tritenpenoids on the other hand hybrid garlic has proteins and alkaloids but tritenpenoids was absent. Overall, the result shows that Bangladeshi garlic might be more effective against microorganisms and it can act as a stepping stone to use garlic for therapeutic purposes.Aakib PaevezB. Microbiolog

    Cultural appropriateness of post Sidr housing reconstruction : a case of Sharankhola, Bagerhat

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    This dissertation is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master in Disaster Management, 2018.Cataloged from PDF version of dissertation.Includes bibliographical references (page 86-89).Bangladesh is one of the most disaster prone countries in the world. Among the natural hazards cyclones and the associated storm surges are considered as the major threat to our 710km coastal belt with around 28 million people living within the risk zone. One of the major impacts of cyclone and storm surge is on human habitat severely disrupting the livelihood of the affected population. The usual response from the Government and different humanitarian organizations is providing emergency temporary shelter assistance and eventually a transitional or core shelter assistance following a ‘built back better’ approach focusing on resilience building and risk reduction. Cyclone Sidr, which hit our coast line in late 2007, caused massive destruction of settlements and was followed by an unprecedented reconstruction initiative by the government and NGOs changing the rural landscape permanently within a few years. Most of the agencies provided a cyclone resistant core shelter with potential for future addition and alteration by the owners. Such a multi-agency intervention, without proper consideration of rural culture of responsive built environment and indigenous materials and technologies may lead to a culturally inappropriate settlement degrading our rural landscape and heritage. This research aims to analyze cultural elements of our coastal settlement in general and evaluate the post Sidr assisted reconstruction works in the backdrop of cultural appropriateness. Sharankhola, one of the most intervened areas after Sidr, is selected as the study area of this research. The later alterations and modifications by the users will be studied as an indication of cultural inadequacies. Observation, focus group discussions and household survey in the study area will be conducted to ascertain user feedback and consciousness about culture and the outcome of the assisted shelters.Shams Mansoor GhaniM. Disaster Managemen

    Performance analysis of dye sensitized solar cell based on ZnO compact layer and TiO2 Photoanode

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    This thesis is submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 2018.Catalogued from PDF version of thesis.Includes bibliographical references( page 49-52).Harnessing solar energy as an alternative solution to power production. Power can be produced through burning fossil fuels. To gain optimum benefit through solar energy is an extreme challenge for scientists and researchers nowadays. Solar power generation is consistently improving through the decades and third generation dye sensitized solar cell can play an important role as a solution. Dye sensitized solar cell approaches to high efficient thin film technology. Efficiency can be increased by adding more cells of different band gap to a cell stack in Tandem cell. In this ongoing study, a double layer structured dye sensitized solar cell has analyzed where ZnO and TiO2 composited photoanode were prepared on FTO. The Photovoltaic characteristics, I-V & J-V curve were evaluated for different thickness, absorption coefficient and wavelength. DSSC solar cell characterization techniques such as current-voltage and spectral response measurements were analyzed to evaluate the cell performance.Abdur RahmanMd. Ashik MahmudMd. Injamamul HaqueB. Electrical and Electronic Engineerin

    Auditing: present & prospects

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    This internship report is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Business Administration, 2018.Cataloged from PDF version of internship report.Includes bibliographical references (page 72).The report titled ―Auditing: Present & Prospects‖ is the outcome of 12 weeks of internship program of BRAC Business School to qualify under-graduation. The program has helped to apply theoretical knowledge in the real life business exposure. This report will take you to the insights that been learned by concentrating on the details how ACNABIN Chartered Accountants practices auditing. ACNABIN Chartered Accountants- an independent member of Baker Tilly International debuted me to the real professional world. ACNABIN has close tie with different national as well as international consulting firms for providing quality services. ACNABIN enriched with multitalented as well as professional articled students and a dedicated workforce comprised of Chartered Accountants is serving to provide a world-class solution to its dignified clients. However, on my term with ACNABIN, I was posted in International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDRB) an international health research organization located in Dhaka as an ―Audit Interne‖ with a view to ―Office of Management & Budget‖-OMB Audit for the year ended 2017. Moreover, in different parts of this report, concerned stake holders can expect to get an insight of Auditing, how ACNABIN approaches to OMB Audit (A special kind of audit required due to US government rules and regulations by following CFR-Code of Federal Regulation & Compliance Supplement), and future of audit and so on. In the first part we will have a glimpse of introduction and description of the project. In second part, I wrote about ACNABIN Chartered Accountants itself. On third part, we will look how audit is conducted in Bangladesh as well as how ACNABIN approaches audit on part four. The fifth part will lead you to what I learned and how I bridge my learning with work. The sixth part will talk about ICDDRB and why their auditing is special. I will also talk about the future of auditing in the seventh part. However, during this whole process, I tried to figure out some situations and have posted some recommendations having a professional discussion with my supervisor on eighth part. And at the 9th and last point I summed up with an overall view.Md.Hasan-or-RashidB. Business Administratio

    Application of machine learning techniques on the context of livestock analysis

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    This thesis is submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Engineering, 2018.Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.Includes bibliographical references (pages 49-51).Livestock industry has been one of the fastest growing sectors of business and research in Bangladesh over the past decade. This rising, lucrative and profitable industry seems to be attracting a good number of enthusiastic investors to invest their capital, and make a contribution to the country’s overall GDP, and recover the deficit in meat production. However, due to lack of suitable resources, reliable data and information, proper knowledge and precise guidance, these investors are lagging behind in generating their expected outcomes. Moreover, these investors and farmers tend to make choices based on their experience only. To come to their assistance in making compatible decisions and provide with a profitable and efficient approach in the investor’s business expansion in Bangladesh, this research aims to establish an intelligent prediction methodology through regression analysis, by implementing data mining and supervised machine learning techniques. This research provides some cattle’s breed based analysis depending on different related factors, which includes age, current weight of cattle, the environment it is reared on, the diet plan and the geographical region it originated from. The models implemented in this research were, Linear Regression model, Ordinary Least Square Regression model, Polynomial Regression model and Decision Tree learning for attaining this prediction mechanism. For executing the analysis, an unanalyzed data set, having a period of 12 years, were collected from Bangladesh Livestock Research Institute, Savar Dairy Farm, and Meghdubi Agro farm.Md. Shajedul IslamSyed Tahmid MasudBhuiyan Mustafa TawheedB. Computer Science and Engineerin

    Human resource management practices: and a study on talent acquisition & selection process of Digicon Technologies ltd.

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    This internship report is submitted in a partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Business Administration, 2018.Cataloged from PDF version of internship report.Includes bibliographical references (page 43).Md. Nur HossainB. Business Administration

    Evaluation of supply chain process in mobile financial service bKash

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    This internship report is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Business Administration, 2018.Cataloged from PDF version of internship report.Includes bibliographical references (page 41).An internship report represents the practical work experience besides all academics theories. This report has been carefully prepared to present the Supply Chain activities of largest Mobile Financial Service of Bangladesh. bKash Limited, a subsidiary of BRAC Bank, started as a joint venture between BRAC Bank Limited, Bangladesh and Money in Motion LLC, USA. In April 2013, International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, became an equity partner and in April 2014, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation became the investor of the company (bKash, 2018). This report starts with a brief overview of bKash limited and its current status in the market. It also contains an extensive literature review on Supply Chain of service industry and importance of it in Bangladesh economy. As the concept of supply is new in Bangladesh and especially for service oriented organization like bKash, this literature review gives a support to find out how it is actually important to maintain an appropriate supply chain process for any kind of service oriented organization. First part of the report explains all about bKash as a whole- about the organization, their activities, product or service, organogram, business partners, value chain etc. Second part of the report describes all the procedure of bKash supply chain from the procurement to distribution. bKash supply chain has a guidelines where every stage of the operation need to be done based on those. Very briefly this report shows all the process of the ideal guideline. Last part of the report portrays gap analysis of the ideal guideline and the actual practice of the processes. First of all Analysis finds the gap of the procedure and then enlightens the reasons behind it. In additional at the very end of the report recommendations has been provided as per practical information and literature. Above and beyond, the aim of writing this report is to explain the supply chain process of a mobile financial service which is very new in Bangladesh and to create an opportunity for others to use this as an example- how supply chain works in Mobile financial service.Trina DattaB. Business Administration

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