Faculty Members Publications

1.International Conference on Magic and Literature, 27-28 May 2016: The following paper was presented at the conference, hosted by Department of English and Humanities, University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB): 

-"Wingardium Laviosa: Levitation of Witchcraft From Macbeth To Harry Potter."

2.International Conference on Literature, 27-29 May2020: The following paper was accepted at the conference, hosted by Universiti Sains Malaysia:

 -"The Complexities of Diasporic Existence- Redifining Identities and Questioning the stability of Relationships In Jhumpa Lahiri's Interepreter Of Maladies and Unaccustomed Earth."

3. The Salerno Conference on Bangladeshi English Novels: From Emergence to Efflorescence. It was an online conference which took place on the 24^th and 25^th of June,2021. The following paper was presented at the conference:

 -"The Complexities of Transnational Identity and Nazneen’s Concept of Agency in Monica Ali’s Brick Lane. "

4. International Conference on Borders, Diasporas, and Multilingualism in English Studies, on 7-8 January,2022. The following paper was presented at the conference organized by the Department of English, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology:

   -"The Complexities of Diasporic Existence – Redefining Identities and Questioning the stability of Relationships in Jhumpa Lahiri’s Interpreter of Maladies and Unaccustomed Earth." 

5.International Conference on In Retrospect: 50 Years of Bangladesh in Literature and Culture organized by ATLEB’s (Association of Teachers of Literatures in English, Bangladesh). It was an online conference and  was held on 14-15 January,2022. The following paper was presented at the conference:

 -“Redefining Women’s Identity and the Representation of the New Age Women in Nasiruddin Yousuff’s Guerrilla.” 

Afreen, Sadia. “The Complexities of Diasporic Existence- Redefining Identities in Jhumpa Lahiri’s ‘Mr’s Sen’s’ from Interpreter of Maladies.” Erothanatos, vol. 6, no. 2.

Afreen, Sadia "The Diasporic Dilemma in Jhumpa Lahiri’s “Hell-Heaven” from Unaccustomed Earth.” The Changing World Order and the Postmodernism Theory and Practice. Notion Press.

1.  Attended ATLEB’s first in-person workshop on “Writing and Publishing in Literary Studies” on August 5, 2022. The Workshop was conducted by Professor Fakrul Alam and Professor Rezaul Haque. She also worked on the organizing committee of the Workshop. 

2. Attended a workshop on "Sustainable Teaching: Engagement Beyond Classroom" organized by The Bangladesh English Language Teachers Association (BELTA) for the faculty members of the Department of English, East West University, by the English language specialist from the American Center, Dr. Wendy Ashby. It was held on Thursday 17 Nov, 2:00 – 4:30 pm

• Triple Marginalization of Afghan Women in Khaled Hosseini’s A Thousand Splendid Suns, From Kabuliwala to the Fall of Kabul: Afghanistan in Popular Imagination, ULAB, 2021

• Pride and Prejudice and Fifty Shades of Grey: Wealthy Heroes and Smitten Heroines, 200th Jane Austen’s Commemoration, ULAB, 2017

•  Ameer, Shahnaz. “Manifestation of Remix Culture in Bollywood Songs: A Postmodern Analysis.” Erothanatos, vol. , no. 1, 2022, pp. 69-82

•  Ameer, Shahnaz. “Pride and Prejudice and Fifty Shades of Grey: Wealthy Heroes and Smitten Heroines. ”Erothanatos, vol. 2, no. 4, 2018, pp. 88-97

Professional Development Workshop, BELTA, East West University, 2022

International

Jobaid, M. I., Khan, M. M., Rahman, M. R., Sarkar, M. I., & Hasan, R. (2015). Factors Influencing Job satisfaction of the Employees of Tannery in Bangladesh . International Journal of Business and Management Review , 64-69 .

National

Hossain, M. A., Hasan, R., Kibria, M., & Mazmum, M. A. (2017, December ). Factors Influencin the Usage of 3G Mobile Services: An Empirical Study on Bangladeshi Young Citizens. North South Business Review, 8(1), 16-28.

International

Tabassum, Mehnaz. “Signing in the Global Classroom: The Millennials’ March towards Post-Culture and Institution, and a World that is Same (?).” International Conference on Teaching and Learning (ICTL) by Center for Pedagogy at Independent University, Dhaka, April 22-23, 2016, Alam, Mahbub; Asaduzzaman, A.S.M.; Al Marjuk, Obydullah, Center for Pedagogy, IUB, September 1, 2016.

• August 16-18, 2016: 9th Malaysia International Conference on Languages, Literatures and Cultures, organized by Universiti Putra Malaysia at Penang, Malaysia

Paper Title: Life in a cocoon: A study of over-Surveillance and over-documentation in a panoptical world

• May 27-28, 2016: International Conference on Magic and Literature, School of Arts and Humanities (SAH), University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh

Paper Title: The death of magic and drought (or overfeeding?) of imagination: A study of a world at its wits end and the future of literature

• April 22-23, 2016: International Conference on Teaching and Learning – Education in the Current World: Pedagogy, Research and Social Change, Center for Pedagogy, Independent University, Bangladesh

Paper Title: Signing in the Global Classroom: The Millennials’ March towards Post-Culture and Institution, and a World that is Same (?)

• March 3-4, 2016: International Conference – The River: Flows of Innovation and Exchange in the Global(i)zed English World, Department of English and Modern Languages, North South University, Bangladesh

Paper Title: Written on the Walls: A Study of Literary Expressions of the Mass across Cults to Creeds, Benches to Streets and Timelines to Tweets

• February 19-20, 2016: 4^th International Conference on “English Studies and the Marketplace”, Department of English, East West University, Bangladesh

Paper Title: Literature in the pieces: Keeping calm in a world of quote cards, quick facts and one-liners

• September 16, 2016: “The last train home“, From Daily Observer Weekend Editorial
• September 5, 2016: “Is blaming your game?“, From personal column “Thinking out loud” in Daily Observer Editorial Page
• August 29, 2016: “19 to 24: The invisible years“, From personal column “Thinking out loud” in Daily Observer Editorial Page
• August 11, 2016: “Songs of the soul”, From personal column “Thinking out loud” in Daily Observer Editorial Page
• June 19, 2016: “The craftsman and his unfinished art”, Father’s Day special OP-ED in Daily Observer
• May 8, 2016: “Mother’s Day: Tohura’s Story”, Daily Observer Editorial on Mother’s Day
• March 6, 2016: “Of humans and mothers”, Daily Observer OP-ED on Women’s Day
• October 11, 2015: “The heirloom”, Final part of Short Story series in Daily Observer
• October 4, 2015: “The precious praying mat”, Second part of Short Story series in Daily Observer
• September 20, 2015: “The Wardrobe”, First part of Short Story series in Daily Observer
• May 12, 2014: “Mothers, daughters and dreams”, Book Review in The Daily Star
• May 10, 2014: “The perfect ending?”, Short fiction in The Daily Star
• March 8, 2014: “The unsung questions”, Short story in The Daily Star

• S.M. Masudur Rahman, Mohammad Shakil Mahmud, Abu Naser Mohammad Said, Rehnuma Mostafa, Bushra Humyra Esha, “Time series projection of COVID-19 pandemic using  ARIMA model and machine learning”. Wroclaw University science and technology, FAC computer science management, Poland, ISSN: 2081-8858

• Unmad: Can leadership help survive the satirical magazine? - a case from Bangladesh, Bloomsbury, Case study on leading and strategizing for organization across context, December 2023, Kohinoor Biswas, M Sayeed Alam, Bushra Humyra Esha

• Consumer buying behavior towards online shopping: An empirical study on Dhaka city, Bangladesh, October 2018, Cogent Business & Management, Mohammad Anisur Rahman, Md. Aminul Islam, Bushra Humyra Esha, Nahida Sultana

• Rahman, Mohammad Anisur, Sultana, Rabeya and Esha, Bushra Humyra : ICT Access For the Smallholder Farmers: Adoption and Strategies for Rural Areas of Bangladesh, Journal of Business Administration , vol.39 , no.1 , pp.101-128 , 2018

• Mostofa Rafid Uddin, Sazan Mahbub, Md Saifur Rahman, and Md Shamsuzzoha Bayzid. SAINT: Self-Attention Augmented Inception-Inside-Inception Network Improves Protein Secondary Structure Prediction. Bioinformatics, Oxford University Press. [Link]
• Md Jakaria, Kowshika Sarker, Mostofa Rafid Uddin, Md. Mohaiminul Islam, Trisha Das, Md Shamsuzzoha Bayzid, Rameen Shakur. eMED-DNA: An in silico operating system for clinical medical data storage within the human genome. Preprint available at:  bioRxiv (2019): 814830.

Rahaman, A., & Saha, S. (2020). Negative emotions in fieldwork: A narrative inquiry of three EFL researchers’ lived experiences. The Qualitative Report, 25(12), 4128-4208.

Saha, S. (2017). EFL students’ ‘unmotivation’ toward writing classroom: Bangladeshi university teachers’ narrative reflections. BELTA Journal, 1(1), 46-63. doi: https://doi.org/10.36832/beltaj.2017.0101.03

Saha, S. (2016). Haggling encounters in Dhaka’s local-service buses: The uncharted discourse. New Zealand Journal of Asian Studies, 18(1), 1-19.

Saha, S. (2014). Addressing the Unaddressed: Considering Specific Teaching Context to Teach Language to EFL Learners through Literature. Language in India, 14(7), 546-563.

Saha, S. (2013). A critical analysis of English language learning guidebooks in Bangladesh. Journal of NELTA, 18(1-2), 133-147.

*Rahaman, A. & Saha, S. (2019). The narrative machinery and the ideology of text: Essentials for effective translation process. Paper presented in the 5th International Conference on Transgressing/Transcending Borders through Translation at East West University, Dhaka, Bangladesh, January 25-26, 2019.

+Saha, S. (2018). Theories of Interpretation and Positioning ELT Researcher.  Seminar talk delivered at English Language Resource Center, Independent University in Dhaka, Bangladesh, September 22, 2018.

*Rahaman, A. & Saha, S. (2018). Storying the experience: A narrative inquiry of senior teachers’ identity formation trajectory. Paper presented in “Beyond Pedagogy: New Dimensions in Teaching and Learning”— 2nd International Conference on Teaching and Learning in Dhaka, Bangladesh, June 28, 2018.

*Rahaman, A. & Saha, S. (2018). English Language Education (ELE) research in Bangladesh: The state of the art. Paper presented in: National Conference on Achieving Sustainable Development Goals in Bangladesh: Educational Responses, Challenges and Possibilities; 2018 March 31-April 1; Dhaka, Bangladesh.

*Saha, S. (2013). Jawmadar or Cleaner— Who signifies ‘Development’? Ethno-linguistic resistance in Shankhari community. Paper presented at: Multiple Realities of English. 6th BELTA International Conference; 2013 January 18-20; Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Published

1. M. Al-Imran, K. J. Rahaman, M. Rasel, and S. H. Ripon, “An Analytical Evaluation of a Deep Learning Model to Detect Network Intrusion,” Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 12832 LNAI, pp. 129–140, 2021, doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-80253-0_12/COVER.
2. M. Al-Imran, N. N. Juthi, T. S. Mahi, and S. H. Khan, “Evaluation of Linear Imputation Based Pediatric Appendicitis Detection System Using Machine Learning Algorithm,” Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol. 1911 CCIS, pp. 437–450, 2024, doi: 10.1007/978-981-99-7240-1_35/COVER.
3. Hridoy, Kazi Mostaq, Saiful Islam Akash, Fahmida Afrose Dipti, Mahamudul Hasan, Jesan Ahammed Ovi, M. Al-Imran, and Sarwar Jahan. "Heart Disease Prediction Using Machine Learning Algorithms." In 2023 4th International Conference on Big Data Analytics and Practices (IBDAP), pp. 1-6. IEEE, 2023.

Accepted

1. M. Al-Imran, Sajid Faysal Fahim, Sanjida Simla, Fatin Hasnat Shakib, Md Belayet Hossain, and Sarwar Jahan, “Grapevine Leaf Disease Classification using Deep Convolutional Neural Networks” in International Conference on Advancements in Next Generation Computing and (ICNGCCT), IEEE, 2024.
2. Sajid Faysal Fahim, Fahmida Afrose Dipti, Z. T. Nishat, M. M. Azim, M. Al-Imran, “MobileNetV2: A proficient convolutional neural network for the Classification of Date Fruits into Genetic Varieties,” in International Conference on Machine Learning Algorithms in Science, Technology, Engineering, Management, Medical Science, Healthcare, and Advances in Machine Learning (ICMLA), 2024.

1. M. Al-Imran and S. H. Ripon, “Network Intrusion Detection: An Analytical Assessment Using Deep Learning and State-of-the-Art Machine Learning Models,” International Journal of Computational Intelligence Systems, vol. 14, no. 1, 2021, doi: 10.1007/s44196-021-00047-4.

Nazifa Tabassum*, Basrat Jahan Deea, Farhana Rizwan, Sufia Islam. Behavioral alterations caused by pain and inflammation in rodent models, 5th International Conference on Biotechnology in Health and Agriculture 2023, September 1-3, 2023.

International

1. Kabir, T., Popy, N. N., & Alam, M. S. (2022). What factors influence consumer overconsumption of food an investigation from Dhaka during the covid19 pandemic. International Journal of Behavioural and Healthcare Research, 8(1), 1. https://doi.org/10.1504/ijbhr.2022.10050751
2. Haq, M. R., Alam, S. M. K. U., Mollick, M. A., & Kabir, T. (2022). Testing SERVQUAL Scale Items in Vaccination Management System: A Case Study in Bangladeshi Hospitals. Journal of Positive School Psychology, 6(7), 1035–1047.
3. Chowdhury, T. A., Kabir, T., & Chowdhury, T. A. (2022). Performance evaluation of selected Islamic banks in Bangladesh. Asian Economic and Financial Review, 12(6), 397–419. https://doi.org/10.55493/5002.v12i6.4507
4. Kabir, T., & Popy, N. (2019). Consumer behavior in outbound tourism: A Bangladeshi perspective. International Journal of Management and Development Studies, 8(1). Retrieved from www.ijmds.in/.
5. Huda, S.S., Kabir, T., & Siddiq, T.A. (2019). Civic Engagement of Students: Perspectives of Bangladesh. IGI Global.

1. Kabir, T., Alam, M. S., & Arafat, S. (2017). Study on “Ek Cup Cha” ‘(A Cup of Tea): A Triumphant Case from Dhaka on Street Food Branding. Atlantic Marketing Conference 2017. Georgia, United States: Atlantic Marketing Association.

1. Case Study: Haq, M.R., Kader, D.M.A., Kabir, T., 2023. Padma Bridge: Highway to Bengal Heaven. In: Kotler, P., Kibria, S., Abdullah, A.Y.M., Essentials of Modern Marketing: Bangladesh Edition, 1st ed., Kotler Impact, ISBN-13: 9798394983412
2. Kabir, T. and Alam, S. M. K. U, 2021. Bongo: Assessing Strategic Position Against Covid-19 for Over-the-Top Platform. In: M. Rahman, R. Haq, S. Rubayat Ul Islam and M. Rahman, ed., Bangladesh Business Cases, 1st ed. Dhaka: Bangladesh MBA Association, pp.116-127.

Journal Papers

1. Biswas, R.K., Arusha, A.R., Ananna, N., Kabir, E., Bhowmik, J. (2022) Interaction with adults and Book-reading habit of Children in Bangladesh: A District-wise Distribution. Children & Society.
2. Arusha, A.R. (2022) Affective Factors and the Role of Teachers in Developing Learning Autonomy. Critical Insights, 1(1), 114-124.
3. Afiaz, A., Arusha, A.R., Ananna, N., Kabir, E., Biswas, R.K. (2021) A national assessment of elective cesarean sections in Bangladesh and the need for health literacy and accessibility. Scientific reports. doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-96337-0
4. Arusha, A.R., & Biswas, R.K. (2020) Prevalence of Stress, Anxiety and Depression due to Examination in Bangladeshi Youths: A Pilot Study. Children and Youth Services Review. Vol. 116https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.105254

Book Chapters

1. Ahsanuzzaman, A., Arusha, A.R. (2022) Teacher Student Relationship Through Generations. Dhaka University's English Department: Centenary Perspectives. 

Media Articles

1. Arusha, A.R. (2020) YPF dialogue: What Bangladesh can learn from the East Asian Miracle.Dhaka Tribune. Date published: July 15, 2020
2. Arusha, A.R. (2019) Jamal Khashoggi- Shattered freedom of speech. Centre for Policy Dialogue Blog. Date published: January 3, 2019
3. Arusha, A.R. (2018) Invading your DNA. Centre for Policy Dialogue Blog. Date published: April 26, 2018

Conferences

1. Arusha, A.R., Shefa, N.P & Oishee, R. Z. (2023). Global Englishes in Classrooms: A Systematic Review and Critical Study. International Conference on Teaching English Literature and Interdisciplinarity. East West University, Bangladesh in collaboration with Association of Teachers of Literatures in English, Bangladesh (ATLEB).
2. Arusha. A.R., Shefa, N.P. (2023, May). Representation of Gender and Social Class in Bangladeshi ELT Textbooks: A Critical Study [Paper presentation]. International Conference on Mapping Gendered Spaces in Language, Literature and Culture, Department of English, University of Dhaka.
3. Arusha, A.R. (2021, December). Affective Factors and the Role of Teachers in Developing Learner Autonomy [Paper presentation]. 7^th Inter-University Student Conference and Cultural Competition, University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB).
4. Arusha, A.R. (2020, February). Effects of Examination on the Mental Health of Students [Paper presentation]. 1st Multidisciplinary International Conference on the Social and Life Sciences, East West University, Dhaka.

Oishee, Rohini Zakaria. "The Second Sex Fights Back: Re-examining Jasmeet K. Reen's Darlings from Feminist Lenses." 3^rd International Conference on Environmental Hazards and Gender Issues: (Re)imagining Literature, Language, and Culture of the Global South. The Department of English, Shahjalal University of Science & Technology, Bangladesh. 16-17 February, 2024.

Arusha, Anowara Rayhan. Shefa, Nazia Parvin & Oishee, Rohini Zakaria. "Global Englishes in Classrooms: A Systematic Review and Critical Study." International Conference on Teaching English Literature and Interdisciplinarity. East West University, Bangladesh in collaboration with Association of Teachers of Literatures in English, Bangladesh (ATLEB). 28-29 July, 2023.

Oishee, Rohini Zakaria. "Displacement and Struggle for Recognition in Monica Ali's Brick Lane." 2^nd International Conference on Refugee, Resistance, and Recognition: Global Literary Representations in [Post]post-colonial Perspectives. The Department of English, Shahjalal University of Science & Technology, Bangladesh. 24-25 February, 2023. 

Instagram is very popular worldwide, however, a few studies have been conducted regarding the impact of Instagram on academic results. These studies are based on self-reported data which may provide inaccurate findings. Using actual usage data of 7 days, this paper presents a quantitative study [N=71] to examine the impact of Instagram on academic results. We also present how much Instagram is used in different time ranges (e.g. morning) and what is the impact of that on CGPA. We found that Instagram usage behaviour varies by time range. Students used it maximum in the evening and minimum in the morning. However, our correlational analysis shows that there is no correlation between Instagram usage data and CGPA. Supporting this, our comparative study also shows that high and low Instagram users have indifferent CGPA. These findings highlight the possibility that negative impact of social media can be mitigated through proper use.

Mobile Edge Cloud (MEC) provides computation ability close proximate of user compared to Internet Cloud (IC), which ensures flexibility and reliability in executing codes on mobile devices. Offloading resource hungry mobile application to MEC by mobile devices for computation is challenging. On the other hand, maintaining task provisioning within delay constraint is important too. This assignment policy still requires improvement in decreasing completion time of task and thus providing better Quality of Experience (QoE) for users. In this paper, we formulated a delay-aware task assignment as an optimization problem. The optimal assignment of task is Integer Linear Problem (ILP) and NP-Complete. As optimal solution is time costly, hence we proposed a heuristic algorithm, which is done by cooperating the MEC and IC servers to provide feasible task assignment within delay constraint. Extensive performance evaluation of the proposed algorithm indicates significant improvement in successful tasks execution and better QoE can be achieved compared to existing state-of-the-art works.

International

Nandi, B. K., Hasan, G. Q. and Kabir, M. H. (2021), "A tale of the financial inclusion-growth nexus and the degree of financial inclusion: a dynamic panel approach on selected developing countries", Journal of Financial Economic Policy, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/JFEP-03-2021-0071.

Huda, S. S., Saha, S., & Kabir, M. H. (2021). Influence of eCRM on customer satisfaction and customer loyalty: a study on Bangladesh's fast food industry. International Journal of Electronic Customer Relationship Management, 13(1), 30-44.

Kabir, M. H., Huda, S. S., & Faruq, O. (2020). Mobile Financial Services in the Context of Bangladesh. Copernican Journal of Finance & Accounting, 9(3), 83-98.

Huda, S. S., Kabir, M. H., Popy, N. N., & Saha, S. (2020). Innovation in Financial Services: The Case of Bangladesh. Copernican Journal of Finance & Accounting, 9(1), 31-56.

Huda, S. S., Kabir, M. H., Siddiq. T. (2020). E-Assessment in Higher Education: Students’ Perspective. International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology, 16(2), 250-258.

Shareef, M. A., Raman, R., Baabdullah, A. M., Mahmud, R., Ahmed, J. U., Kabir, M. H., Kumar, V., Kumar, U., Akram, M.S., Kabir, A., & Mukerji, B. (2019). Public service reformation: Relationship building by mobile technology. International Journal of Information Management, 49, 217-227.

Nandi, B. K., Kabir, M. H., & Roy, N. (2021). Automation of VAT System: A Pathway of Domestic Resource Mobilization. In Global Challenges and Strategic Disruptors in Asian Businesses and Economies (pp. 224-246). IGI Global. Release Date: September, 2020. 

Kabir, M. H. (2021). Financial Innovation: Accelerating Financial Inclusion in South Asia. In Fostering Innovation and Competitiveness With FinTech, RegTech, and SupTech (pp. 186-209). IGI Global. Release Date: September, 2020. 

Huda, S. S., Akhtar, A., Kabir, M. H., & Faruq, O. (2021). Advertisement Practices in Bangladesh: Agency Perspectives. In Handbook of Research on New Media Applications in Public Relations and Advertising (pp. 63-100). IGI Global. Release Date: August, 2020.