Accumulation of arsenic and other metals in soil and human consumable foods of Meherpur district, southwestern Bangladesh, and associated health risk assessment by Md. Shazzadur Rahman, A. H. M. Selim Reza, Md. Abu Bakar Siddique, Md. Ahedul Akbor, Mehedi Hasan

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Co-Creation of Breast Cancer Risk Communication Tools and an Assessment of Risk Factor Awareness: A Qualitative Study of Patients and the Public in India by Divya Pillai, Jyoti Narayan, Aleksandra Gentry-Maharaj, Suryanarayana Deo, Dehannathparambil Kottarathil Vijaykumar, Poulome Mukherjee, Nitya Wadhwa, Aparajita Bhasin, Ashutosh Mishra, Anupama Rajanbabu, Ravi Kannan, Zakir Husain, Avinash Kumar, Antonis C. Antoniou, Ranjit Manchanda, Usha Menon

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Predicting Current and Future Potential Distributions of <i>Parthenium hysterophorus</i> in Bangladesh Using Maximum Entropy Ecological Niche Modelling by Sheikh Muhammad Masum, Abdul Halim, Mohammad Shamim Hasan Mandal, Md Asaduzzaman, Steve Adkins

“…Using field surveys and a maximum entropy (Maxent) modelling approach, the present study tries to address the problem in the concerned region comprised of five Districts: Jashore, Jhenaidah, Chuadanga, Meherpur, and Khustia. The results revealed high infestation in the Jashore, Jhenaidah, and Chuadanga Districts, mainly along roadsides, in grasslands, and in fallow and cropped fields. …”
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Technical Efficiency of Community Clinics in Kushtia, Bangladesh: A Nonparametric DEA Analysis by Nilufar Easmin, Abu Hurira

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Demarcation of suitable site for solar photovoltaic power plant installation in Bangladesh using geospatial techniques by M.M. Shah Porun Rana, Md. Moniruzzaman

“…The findings of this research have been presented that ‘the excellent suitable’ and ‘good suitable’ areas for the construction of solar power plants are in the western and northwestern part (Rajshahi, Pabna, Sirajganj, Natore, Naogaon, Chapainawabganj, Bogura, Faridpur, Jessore, Jehenaidha, Magura, Kushtia, Choudanga, Meherpur) of the study area which contain a high value of global horizontal irradiation, direct normal irradiation, elevation and low value of slope, rainfall, temperature, relative humidity. …”
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Economics of maize cultivation at selected intensive areas of Bangladesh by Pradip Hajong, Shimul Mondal, Md Ariful Islam, Anup Ghosh

“…Chuadanga, Jhenaidah, Meherpur and Kushtia were located at AEZ-11, an intensive maize-growing area. …”
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Management of Children Admitted to Hospitals across Bangladesh with Suspected or Confirmed COVID-19 and the Implications for the Future: A Nationwide Cross-Sectional Study by Kona Chowdhury, Mainul Haque, Nadia Nusrat, Nihad Adnan, Salequl Islam, Afzalunnessa Binte Lutfor, Dilara Begum, Arif Rabbany, Enamul Karim, Abdul Malek, Nasim Jahan, Jesmine Akter, Sumala Ashraf, Mohammad Nazmul Hasan, Mahmuda Hassan, Najnin Akhter, Monika Mazumder, Nazmus Sihan, Nurun Naher, Shaheen Akter, Sifat Uz Zaman, Tanjina Chowdhury, Jebun Nesa, Susmita Biswas, Mohammod Didarul Islam, Al Mamun Hossain, Habibur Rahman, Palash Kumar Biswas, Mohammed Shaheen, Farah Chowdhury, Santosh Kumar, Amanj Kurdi, Zia Ul Mustafa, Natalie Schellack, Marshall Gowere, Johanna C. Meyer, Sylvia Opanga, Brian Godman

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Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) practices and deworming improve nutritional status and anemia of unmarried adolescent girls in rural Bangladesh by Saira Parveen Jolly, Tridib Roy Chowdhury, Tanbi Tanaya Sarker, Kaosar Afsana

“…Methodology We conducted a cross-sectional and comparative study in 2016, in 24 upazilas of Bogra, Barguna, Comilla, Dinajpur, Feni, Jessore, and Meherpur districts where the BRAC nutrition program was implemented while the remaining 27 upazilas of those districts were selected as comparison area. …”
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