pt. 1. Political science -- Aspirations and realities: Parliaments and the democratic culture in Bangladesh / Zillur R. Khan -- Bangladesh between promise and reality: current tendencies and theoretical explorations / Ahrar Ahmad -- Images, belief system and foreign policy: creating a 'new image' of Bangladesh / Choudhury M. Shamim -- pt. 2. Social science -- On the triagular relationship between political corruption, gender inequality, and socio-economic development in Bangladesh / Ansar Ahmed -- Mapping rural women's perspectives on non-formal education experiences / Zebun N. Ahmed -- Teachers and teaching: perspectives on higher education / Syed Saad Andaleeb -- pt. 3. Science and technology -- Fisheries, aquaculture and water resources in Bangladesh / Ruhul Kuddus -- Regional cooperation and integrated basin development to mitigate the adverse effects of the Farakka Barrage / Sufian A. Khondker -- pt. 4. Economics -- Challenges and opportunities of globalization: policy options for Bangladesh / M. Badrul Haque -- An examination of some issues in the conduct of monetary policy in Bangladesh / Akhtar Hossain -- Bank restructuring and privatization experience in Bangladesh / M. Kabir Hassan -- The political economy of higher education in Bangladesh / Munir Quddus -- Steel and engineering and the diffusion of technological capability in Bangladesh / Farida Chowdhury Khan -- Public enterprise inefficiency and the road to privatization in Bangladesh / Tanweer Akram -- An empirical study of life expectancy in Bangladesh / Anisul M. Islam -- Migration and Bangladesh's economic development / Salim Rashid -- Per capita income as a pivotal index in economic development models / Ashraf Ali