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Rafiuzzaman Sifat

Md. Rafiuzzaman Sifat, a CSE graduate turned into journalist, works at News Hour as a staff reporter. He has many years of experience in featured writing in different Bangladeshi newspapers. He is an active blogger, story writer and social network activist. He published a book named 'Se Amar Gopon' inEkushe boi mela Dhaka 2016. Sifat got a BSc. from Ahsanullah University of Science & Technology, Bangladesh. He also works as an Engineer at Bangla Trac Communications Ltd. As an avid traveler and a gourmet food aficionado, he is active in publishing restaurant reviews and cutting-edge articles about culinary culture.

Manafort ‘paid European ex-politicians’

by Rafiuzzaman Sifat - Feb 24, 2018

Ex-Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort secretly paid unnamed former senior European politicians to lobby for Ukraine’s previous pro-Russia government, a new indictment filed by special counsel Robert Mueller says. Mr Manafort paid over €2m ($2.5m; £1.8m)...
NRA-linked firms hit by consumer boycott: Florida shooting

by Rafiuzzaman Sifat - Feb 24, 2018

More than half a dozen US companies have cut ties with the National Rifle Association (NRA) as consumers urge a boycott of businesses linked to the politically powerful gun lobby. The firms included car rental giants...
India gives Trudeau list of suspected Sikh separatists in Canada

by Rafiuzzaman Sifat - Feb 22, 2018

India has handed Canada a list of nine people in Canada who are suspected of trying to revive a Sikh separatist movement in the Indian state of Punjab, a state official said on Thursday. Canadian Prime...
As Trump trashes NAFTA, Mexico turns to Brazilian corn

by Rafiuzzaman Sifat - Feb 22, 2018

Mexican buyers imported ten times more corn from Brazil last year amid concern that NAFTA renegotiations could disrupt their U.S. supplies, according to government data and top grains merchants. Mexico is on track to buy more...
Civilian witness contradicts Myanmar police on Reuters reporters’ arrest

by Rafiuzzaman Sifat - Feb 21, 2018

The first civilian to testify in the case of two Reuters reporters accused of violating Myanmar’s Official Secrets Act contradicted police and prosecutors on Wednesday about where the pair were arrested, a defense lawyer said. Wa...
South Korea to announce joint military drill plan with U.S. before April

by Rafiuzzaman Sifat - Feb 20, 2018

South Korea and the United States will announce plans before April for a postponed joint military drill, South Korea’s defense minister said on Tuesday. Seoul and Washington had agreed to postpone the regular joint military exercise...
Thai court grants custody to Japanese father of 13 surrogate children

by Rafiuzzaman Sifat - Feb 20, 2018

A Thai court on Tuesday said it ruled in favor of a wealthy Japanese man who had fathered 13 surrogate children in Thailand, naming him their legal parent and sole guardian. The case harks back to...
Oil hits highest in nearly two weeks on Asian equity recovery

by Rafiuzzaman Sifat - Feb 19, 2018

Oil prices extended gains to hit their highest level in nearly two weeks on Monday, buoyed as Asian shares joined a global recovery in equity markets and as worries grew over tensions in the Middle East....
All 66 passengers, crew believed dead after plane crashes in central Iran

by Rafiuzzaman Sifat - Feb 18, 2018

All 66 passengers and crew aboard a plane that crashed in central Iran on Sunday were believed to have been killed, state media reported. The plane operated by Iranian carrier Aseman Airlines crashed in a mountainous...
Syrian frontline town divides NATO allies Turkey and U.S.

by Rafiuzzaman Sifat - Feb 13, 2018

A dispute between Turkey and the United States over control of a north Syrian town has put the NATO allies on opposing sides of the conflict’s front line, deepening a diplomatic rift ahead of a visit...