In 2017, Bangladesh received a sudden influx of Muslim Rohingya refugees from neighboring Myanmar. While the predominantly Muslim host communities initially expressed sympathy for the refugees, the prolonged stay substantially affected their livelihoods, and public sentiment gradually...

Much of the debate around the value effects of corporate environmental performance builds on the premise of hefty regulatory costs associated with environmental litigations. In this study, we exploit a novel research setting in China where corporate environmental wrongdoings are exposed to...

Bangladesh is ranked thirteenth in the list of most densely populated countries of the world. The country has a limited land area with high populace germination quota and it does not have a bounty of natural resources. The income disparity due to inequitable developments, Bangladesh is facing a...

Currently, about six million people live in Chittagong – the commercial capital of Bangladesh. Due to uncontrolled urban sprawl and shrinkage of rural employment opportunities, more rural people are continuously accumulating into this urban center. The rapid growth in the number of inhabitants...

Rapid urbanization all over the world makes solid waste management (SWM) a daunting task for urban authorities in developed and developing countries alike. Management of all wastes excluding liquid and gases from households, institutions, and industries comprise the solid waste management. In...

Chittagong, the commercial capital of Bangladesh, is undergoing unplanned vertical and horizontal urban sprawling resulting in the generation of a large quantity of municipal solid waste (MSW) including a sizeable quantity of healthcare waste (HCW). This study was conducted from December, 2012...

Chittagong city has two popular names such as commercial capital and healthy city of Bangladesh for locating near sea beach and surrounded by many small or medium scale hills. But due to unplanned urbanization and high population pressure, the municipal solid waste (MSW) generation quantity is...