The Importance of Friday (Jumma) prayers in Islam

Safiul Azam ACMA Friday (the best day of week) is the special day for the Muslims Ummah. The literal meaning of Friday is congregation. Many of us say that all days are equal as all are being created by Allah (SWT). True, but still, Friday is special, it has its own merits. Refer to following […]

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Bangladesh’s poor benefiting from domestically produced medication

DHAKA, Dec. 9  (NsNewsWire) — It took less than half a U.S. dollar for Rahman Miah to buy two bottles of syrup for his son who had been coughing for several days.For rickshaw puller Miah, it was not at all burdensome to expend 40 taka from his daily income which is around six U.S. dollars,reports […]

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Obama vows to defeat ‘new phase’ of terrorist threat

Washington, Dec. 7 (NsNewsWire) — President Barack Obama on Sunday laid out the most sweeping defense yet of his strategy to defeat Islamic State, but he offered no US policy shift to confront what he called a “new phase” in the terrorist threat after a mass shooting in California, reports Reuters. In a rare Oval […]

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Feature: Bangladesh in climate-induced migration mess

by Naim-Ul-Karim DHAKA, Dec. 6 (NsNewsWire) — Armed with shovels and baskets, they stand around on the sidewalk every morning waiting to be hired, reports Xinhua. The dozen or so a group of such day-laborers are a common daily sight on the sidewalks of many Dhaka streets. Most of them are worn-out looking men and […]

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New York Times, in rare front-page editorial, calls for outlawing some rifles

By Alex Dobuzinskis (Reuters) – The New York Times, in its first front-page editorial in nearly a century, on Saturday called for outlawing the kinds of rifles used in the California shooting massacre this week that left 14 people dead. The newspaper’s editorial comes three days after Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik, a married […]

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Interview: BRICS media should collaborate to break Western hegemony in news reportin

BRASILIA, Nov. 30 (NsNewsWire) — Media outlets from BRICS countries must foster initiatives to break Western hegemony in news reporting, a senior official from Brazil’s public broadcaster told Xinhua in a recent interview. Andre Barbosa, executive director for external relations with Brazil’s state-owned radio and TV operator EBC, also said efforts should be made within […]

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US issues worldwide travel alert for citizens

DHAKA, Nov. 24 (NsNewsWire) — The US has issued a worldwide travel alert for its citizens in response to “increased terrorist threats”. The state department said “current information” suggested the Islamic State [IS] group, al-Qaeda, Boko Haram and others continued “to plan terrorist attacks in multiple regions”, reports BBC online. The alert, it said, will […]

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US student arrested over clock seeks $15 million

DHAKA, Nov. 24 (NsNewsWire) — The family of a Texas Muslim teenager arrested for bringing a homemade clock that was mistaken for a bomb to school demanded $15 million in damages and an apology from the city of Irving and its schools to avoid a lawsuit, lawyers said on Monday, reports Reuters. The lawyers represent […]

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