Research
Realization of Quaranic Teleology: An Initiative to Comprehend its Suitability Comparing it with the Modern Philosophies
Why is teleology expected to understand and explain the evolution of human beings and for the ratiocination regarding their destiny’s finalization? Is it a rational attempt that the pensive minds tried to visualize the sequences of human history through a teleological lens, or is it merely an urge of the unsatisfied minds to justify and rationalize their ontology oriented investigation, where teleology is an intellectual vessel of self-satisfaction? This essay want to answer these questions glancing over both sociophilosophical teleology and faith oriented or religious teleology. In understanding the religious or faith oriented teleology, the essay will explore the Quaranic teleological arguments comparing with modern socio-philosophy oriented teleology, basically Marxism. Marx was the only European Social scientist, who tried to put forward a holistic sociological approach, which has a grand-narrative and a specific teleology and which is capable to project a total trajectory of its deterministic philosophy. The essay will investigate the Neoliberal ideology, the most dominant ideology of the West today, and try to see, whether it promotes any teleology or not. The essay will also go into the philosophy of Plato, who formed the base of the paradigmatic sequences of the Western thinking in the ancient Greece, whose impact is still visible and glaring in the Western world. The main purpose of this essay is to compare the teleological stand of the holy Koran and that of the all the relevant modern social philosophies from the critical analytical points and fathom out their basic differences. Hence the essay will underscore the Shiite cosmology to observe the courses of Islamic teleology. The relevant Gnostic philosophical stands will be evaluated in this article especially the Shiite Gnoses. As the writer has its own judgment to understand the Islamic teleology, the opinions will be established to bring the whole article before that kaleidoscope summarizing all the
A Study on Business Development Support Services Available for Women Entrepreneurs in Bangladesh
Women’s economic empowerment is very much important part of economic development discourse in any development undertaking of a nation. Women empowerment depends on taking part in various development activities. Therefore, the involvement of women in various entrepreneurial activities has empowered them in social, economic and cultural fields. Despite recent progress in the advancement and empowerment, women in Bangladesh still remain vulnerable to poverty and social deprivations. Women entrepreneurs are in a less favorable position compared to men in case of accessing for example commercial credit from formal financial service providers, more lucrative markets, rather than the traditional local markets, technology and information to establish and grow their businesses, national incentives in small enterprise development through gender blind private sector development and fiscal policies and legislation and training and education for small enterprise development. In such a context, this paper attempts to investigate, evaluate and analyze the available support services for developing women entrepreneurship in Bangladesh.
Socio-Economic Theoretical Framework of Women Entrepreneurship Development in Bangladesh
The paper aims to analyze the Socio-economic factors of Women Entrepreneurship Development in Bangladesh. The analysis is based on recent theoretical ideas that have been supported by empirical research findings conducted by the renowned academic researchers. The paper depicts a Socio-economic Framework of Women Entrepreneurship Development based on Institutional Theory, which focuses on three factors: Regulative, Normative, and Cognitive. Regulative factors refer to different rules and regulations of the Government that facilitate Women Entrepreneurship Development in Bangladesh. Normative and Cognitive factors include norms, rules, regulation, and values of society. Based on the analysis of these factors, the paper provides many significant policy implications on how to improve women entrepreneurship development in Bangladesh.
The Role of Cooperative Society for Marketing Agricultural Products in Bangladesh
Bangladesh is a developing country and agriculture is the main largest sector of the economy. About 80% people are directly or indirectly depended on the agriculture for their livelihood. This sector Contributes 35.47% to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and this sector provides about 63% employment for the workforce. Most of the farmers are illiterate and for that reason they do not have the ability to sell their products to the final consumers. Consequently, middlemen are playing marketing role and due to this reason, farmer are not getting fair price for their products. Ministry of local Government & Cooperative Society can play vital role to bring forming within the framework of Cooperative Society and can minimize the role of middlemen of marketing agricultural products of Bangladesh.
