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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.

The importance of both the amount and timing of physical activity on the risk of developing type 2 diabetes

by Rafiuzzaman Sifat - Oct 18, 2016

News Hour: Two new papers published in Diabetologia (the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes ) reveal the importance of both the amount and timing of physical activity in reducing the risk...
Billionaires had a rough year in 2015

by Rafiuzzaman Sifat - Oct 18, 2016

News Hour: Billionaires on average became poorer last year as their collective fortunes shrank, even as Asia continued to crank out a new billionaire nearly every three days, a study released on Thursday found. Transfers of...
Six candidates for WHO Director-General present their visions and priorities

by Rafiuzzaman Sifat - Oct 16, 2016

News Hour : Six candidates are running for next Director General of the World Health Organisation (WHO). The Lancet asked them each for personal statements and answers to ten questions about their candidacy, global health, and...
China’s recent two-child policy unlikely to lead to short-term population boom

by Rafiuzzaman Sifat - Oct 16, 2016

News Hour: China’s recently introduced universal two-child policy is predicted to have a relatively small effect on population growth, with a likely peak of 1.45 billion in 2029, compared to 1.4 billion in 2023 if the...
Stories from Chittagong Hill Tracts: Building Resilient Livelihood

by Rafiuzzaman Sifat - Oct 16, 2016

News Hour: In an effort to making a difference in the livelihood of people living in remote areas of the Chittagong Hill Tracts, the ECHO funded FAO project undertook actions aiming at supporting critically food insecure...
Rabindranath Tagore was the first songwriter to win the Nobel – not Bob Dylan

by Rafiuzzaman Sifat - Oct 14, 2016

News Hour: “The times they are a changin’,” Bob Dylan sang in 1964, a lyric that some believe may have been a prediction for 2016, the year when the American songwriter won the Nobel Prize for...
Rod Stewart knighted by Prince William

by Rafiuzzaman Sifat - Oct 12, 2016

News Hour: Pop singer Rod Stewart can now call himself Sir Roderick. The London-born singer, whose career includes such hits as “Maggie May,” “You Wear It Well” and “Tonight’s the Night,” was knighted by Prince William...
Migrants screened for active tuberculosis pose negligible risk of spreading infection but can still get disease later

by Rafiuzzaman Sifat - Oct 12, 2016

News Hour: Tuberculosis (TB) incidence in the UK has declined over the past 4 years, with fewer numbers of new migrants diagnosed with the disease. A new study, published in The Lancet finds that migrants arriving...
Are you in ‘Depression’? Let’s talk

by Rafiuzzaman Sifat - Oct 10, 2016

News Hour: The theme of 2017 World Health Day campaign is depression. Depression affects people of all ages, from all walks of life, in all countries. It causes mental anguish and impacts on people’s ability to...
Hopes for revival pinned on Afghan palace restoration

by Rafiuzzaman Sifat - Oct 9, 2016

News Hour: After years of abandonment, the ruined Darul Aman palace in Kabul, one of the most recognizable symbols of Afghanistan’s decades of war, is to be restored in a project authorities hope will come to...