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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.

Leaving jail, Puigdemont calls for dialogue with Madrid

by Rafiuzzaman Sifat - Apr 6, 2018

Former Catalan President Carles Puigdemont called on Spain to abandon its attempts to prosecute separatist leaders as he left a German prison on Friday, urging Madrid to enter into dialogue with them. Puigdemont, granted bail after...
Philippines’ Duterte cites “genocide” in Myanmar, says will take refugees

by Rafiuzzaman Sifat - Apr 6, 2018

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Thursday “genocide” was taking place in Myanmar and he was willing to accept Rohingya Muslim refugees fleeing from it, though Europe should help too. The United Nations and rights groups...
Afghan, Pakistani leaders meet after air strike allegation

by Rafiuzzaman Sifat - Apr 6, 2018

The leaders of Afghanistan and Pakistan promised to work together on regional security in a face-to-face meeting on Friday, one day after Kabul accused the Pakistani military of carrying out a rare air strike on its...
Botswana’s Khama steps down as president after a decade at helm

by Rafiuzzaman Sifat - Mar 31, 2018

Ian Khama, a retired army general, stepped down as president of Botswana on Saturday, handing the diamond-rich country to his deputy after a decade at the helm. Mokgweetsi Masisi becomes only the third leader to take...
Sierra Leone heads to the polls to seek successor to Koroma

by Rafiuzzaman Sifat - Mar 31, 2018

Sierra Leone voted on Saturday in a poll delayed by fraud allegations to choose a successor to President Ernest Bai Koroma who leaves a country still struggling after the Ebola epidemic. The face-off between opposition leader...
German, French envoys arrive at Russian foreign ministry

by Rafiuzzaman Sifat - Mar 30, 2018

The ambassadors of Germany and France arrived at the Russian Foreign Ministry building in Moscow on Friday, a Reuters camera operator at the scene said. Both Germany and France have expelled Russian diplomats, and Moscow had...
Tesla shares fall sharply for second straight day

by Rafiuzzaman Sifat - Mar 28, 2018

Tesla Inc shares fell more than 9 percent on Wednesday following a downgrade by Moody’s Investors Service, a probe by the National Transportation Safety Board of a recent fatal crash and concerns about Model 3 production....
Bangladesh win six gold medals

by Rafiuzzaman Sifat - Mar 28, 2018

Hosts Bangladesh have won six gold medals in South Asian Archery Championship. The local archers also secured five silver medals and a bronze in the competition that ended at the Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protisthan or BKSP...
Volvo Ocean Race yachtsman John Fisher ‘lost at sea’

by Rafiuzzaman Sifat - Mar 27, 2018

A yachtsman who fell overboard during a round-the-world race in the Southern Ocean is now presumed to be lost at sea, organisers say. John Fisher, 47, from Southampton, fell from Team Sun Hung Kai’s Scallywag yacht 1,400...
Russia crowd condemns officials over disaster

by Rafiuzzaman Sifat - Mar 27, 2018

Thousands of people are protesting in the Siberian city of Kemerovo, angry at Russian officials over the leisure complex fire that killed at least 64 people, 41 of them children. President Vladimir Putin arrived in Kemerovo...