16 July 2021

The Editor Humanities and Social Sciences Communications

Springer Nature

Dear Editor,

I am writing to submit our original research article entitled Intimate Relationship and Technological
Effect on Youth in Socio-cultural Attachment of Bangladesh for your kind consideration.

We confirm that this work is original and has not been published elsewhere, nor is it currently under
consideration for publication elsewhere.

In this study we tried to explore the technological effect on youth with the gradual transformation of
intimate relationships from pre-modern to post-modern societies. The study was qualitative in
nature in which multiple case studies were employed. The study found that the influence of
technology is gradually being increased in the pattern of intimate relationships among the youths.
Technology has a great influence on the system of intimate relationships such as mariage, divorce,
premarital and extramarital relationships. The easy access to the internet and the excessive use of
social media affects the pattern of intimacy among the youths in the post-modern era. The study
also found that young people are now involved in premarital and extramarital relationships by using
internet-based technology which is one of the responsible factors for increasing domestic violence
and divorce rate.

Nowadays intimacy or intimate relationship is a widely discussed topic all over the world and it is
very much related to social science. But we don't see much research on this topic, especially in the
eastern countries like Bangladesh So, we think that our present paper will contribute significantly to
the academia and it is appropriate for publication by Humanities and Social Sciences
Communications.

The authors declare no competing interest.

Funding: This research is not funded by any organization (self-funded research)

Author's contribution: All authors contributed to the study conception and design. The manuscript
has been read and approved by all named authors and there are no other persons who satisfied the
criteria for authorship but are not listed. The order of authors listed in the manuscript has been
approved by all of us. The individual contribution of the authors is given herewith:

Mehjabin Haque (1st author): Introduction, conceptualization, data collection, data analysis,findings

Md. Muniruzzaman (2nd and corresponding author): Literature review, methodology, discussion,
formatting tables and charts, conclusion

Israt Eshita Haque (3 author): Data collection, review and editing, critically revised the work
Acknowledgement: N/A

Please address all correspondence concerning this manuscript to me at (munir

zaman02227@gmail.com)

Yours Sincerely

Md. Muniruzzaman (Corresponding author) Department of Sociology, Noakhali Science and

Technology University, Bangladesh