This book is based on a comprehensive research work carried out by the author in the year 2010. The present work is based on the primary data collected from a slum in Dhaka city. Based on the observation and participation method the real life of the slum dwellers are presented here. The migrants day to day life affairs are therefore described here. As the importance of Kinship in Bangladeshi society is no doubt very significant the author also truly able to portrayed the kinship relations in the slum and found class relation within kinship relation like Patron-client relation. So, in a...

Slow-Release Fertilizer (SRF) is an improved variety of fertilizer which is developed through appropriate product design. It is unique by its chemical & physical properties, environmental safety & its stability against mechanical stress, hygrometry & temperature. It can be applied less frequently, making them more cost-effective and save time & labor. Hence, the necessity for SRFs with the release of nutrients over extended period of time is increasing continuously with population growth, particularly in developing countries. This book aims therefore to help policy makers & planners in this...