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Farhad Iqbal

Correspondent

Working as District Correspondent at Cox’s Bazar for the Daily Observer since April 2014.

Contact:

E-mail : farhadiqbal.cox@gmail.com

Commuters suffer for ship crisis on Teknaf-St Martin route

Farhad Iqbal

COX'S BAZAR, Dec 21: Commuters are suffering much due to crisis of ships running on the Teknaf-Saint Martin route during this peak season of tourism. Though the number of tourists has increased, but only four ships which are running on the route, can hardly carry more than half of the tourists. Meanwhile, many tourists have ...

Production of chilli, brinjal likely to fall in Cox’s Bazar

Farmers blame low quality of seeds

Farhad Iqbal

Production of chilli, brinjal likely to fall in Cox’s Bazar

COX'S BAZAR, Nov 19: Farmers under Chakoria upazila of the district are now in complete disarray as particular varieties of brinjal and chilli seeds they bought from local shops did not grow well in the current season. Plants of chilli and brinjal on most of the vegetable lands here in the upazila are dying due ...

Tk 10 kg rice distribution: Delay in making list deprives 50,569 families in C’Bazar

Farhad Iqbal

COX'S BAZAR, Oct 19: At least 50,569 families at Teknaf, Ramu and Moheshkhali upazilas of the district have not got the Tk 10 kg rice in September distributed under the government's 'food-friendly programme' since they did not get their cards because of delay in processing the list in time by the local public representatives. As ...

Cox's Bazar sea beach losing attraction for continuous erosion by Bay of Bengal

Farhad Iqbal

COX'S BAZAR, Oct 1: Due to strong current, a vast area of the sea beach from Shoibal Hotel point up to Diabetics point is being eroded fast by the Bay of Bengal. As a result, the longest sea beach in the world is losing attraction gradually due to decrease of tourists from both home and ...

China may construct 4-lane marine drive in C'Bazar

Farhad Iqbal

COX'S BAZAR, Sept 27: The Government of Bangladesh has decided to build a 230-kilometre-long four-lane marine drive from Mirsarai of Chittagong district up to Cox's Bazar district. In this connection, an agreement is likely to be signed between China and Bangladesh during the upcoming visit by the Chinese President Xi Jinping to Bangladesh on October ...

Tourists throng Cox's Bazar to enjoy seashore beauty

Farhad Iqbal

COX'S BAZAR, Sept 17: The tourists of all ages including foreign and locals, had an opportunity of enjoying five-day holiday, and they went to Cox's Bazar to enjoy the seashore beauty. The Sea City has now been replete with tourists during the vacation of Eid-ul-Azha. Many people are enjoying the longest holidays for the Eid ...

Severe heat increases water-borne diseases in Cox's Bazar

Farhad Iqbal

COX'S BAZAR, Sept 2: Due to severe heat for the last few days, people of the district are getting infected with different water-borne diseases including diarrhoea. As a result, the presence of patients at different hospitals including Cox's Bazar Sadar Hospital has doubled compared to the previous week's. While visiting the Sadar Hospital, it was ...

Cow fattening with harmful hormone going on in C'Bazar

Farhad Iqbal

COX'S BAZAR, Aug 26: Some dishonest farmers and traders here are fattening cows in illegal ways to do brisk business ahead of the Eid-ul-Azha. In this connection, they are administering toxic chemicals into their cattle, which in turn have harmful effects on both cattle and people. It was alleged that some companies, in collusion with ...

Matamuhuri eroding Chakaria again

Riverbank protection work halted for want of money

Farhad Iqbal

COX'S BAZAR, Aug 12: The turbulent Matamuhuri is eroding Chakaria upazila again as more than one riverbank protection works initiated by Water Development Board (WDB) have remained stopped for several months for want of money. Local representatives raised the matter to WDB authority on several occasions but there was no response. As a result, several ...