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Farhad Iqbal

Correspondent

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

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E-mail : farhadiqbal.cox@gmail.com

Hungry Rohingyas cry for food

Farhad Iqbal

Coxs Bazar, Sept 9: An overwhelming number of Rohingya Muslims now in temporary shelters are crying for relief. There is no sufficient food or water for around 300,000 Rohingyas who have crossed over to Bangladesh to escape shooting and arson attacks by Myanmar soldiers and Buddhist monks, source said. A serious food crisis is also ...

Influx of Rohingyas into BD swells

Farhad Iqbal

COX'S BAZAR, Sept 5: Continuous violence in Myanmar is increasing the Rohingya influx into Bangladesh every day. Despite pushing back some 2,675 Rohingyas by Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) on Tuesday, several hundred members of the ethnic minority sneaked into Bangladesh territory on the day.The intruders did not get shelter in either registered or unregistered Rohingya ...

2,000 Rohingyas enter, others wait along BD border

BGB DG warns of “befitting response” should Myanmar border guards create untoward situation along border

Farhad Iqbal

2,000 Rohingyas enter, others wait along BD border

COX'S BAZAR Aug 27: At least 2,000 Rohingya refugees entered Bangladesh on Sunday following crackdown by Myanmar security forces on the ethnic minorities since Friday in Toombro bordering Naikhyangchhari upazila in Bandarban. Sounds of gunshots and mortar shells have increased since August 25, said several Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) men patrolling the Ghumdhum border. The ...

Salt farmers may suffer loss for govt’s import decision

Farhad Iqbal

COX'S BAZAR, July 20: The production deficit of salt in the country is two lakh 12 thousand metric tons (MT). To fill the gap, the Industries Ministry suggested the Commerce Ministry to import three lakh MT salt while the Commerce Ministry gave permission to import total five lakh MT salt. As a result, around 41,000 ...

Rice stockists in C'Bazar earn Tk 20cr in two months

Farhad Iqbal

COX'S BAZAR, July 1: Stockists in the district are earning crores of taka by stocking paddy and rice illegally through forming syndicate. In this connection, they are creating artificial crisis of rice by storing paddy and rice at different rice mills and shops. By increasing the price of rice in phases, they have earned about ...

Six fake currency rackets active in Cox’s Bazar ahead of Eid

Farhad Iqbal

COX'S BAZAR, June 23: More than hundred members of six fake currency rackets have become active in the district town ahead of the Eid-ul-Fitr. Their activities are not only limited to the district town but in remote areas also. Though the law-enforcing agencies have remained alert in this connection, the culprits become active during any ...

C'Bazar people find no hope of Sonadia sea port

Farhad Iqbal

COX'S BAZAR, June 18: The people as well as the businessmen of Cox's Bazar and Chittagong districts have expressed frustration as there is no direction in the 2017-18 fiscal budget about setting up Sonadia sea port.In the budget, the Finance Minister Abul Mal Abdul Muhit mentioned about setting up four power stations at Matarbari of ...

Yaba dealers still active in Cox's Bazar

Farhad Iqbal

COX'S BAZAR, May 20: Despite Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's recent announcement of showing zero tolerance to yaba peddling, the dealers of this illegal business are still active. They seem to become more defiant day by day. To show strength of their yaba network, they recently attacked Detective Branch (DB) of police at Nazirpara village under ...

Cox’s Bazar vibrant with tourists

Farhad Iqbal

COX'S BAZAR, Apr 2: Due to normalcy in the country's political field, the tourism sector of the district has remained vibrant in the entire season.The local businessmen said, due to the continuing good days in the tourism sector here, other businesses are also seeing bright prospect during the season. Though the tourism season here is ...

No Shaheed Minar in 152 educational institutions at Ramu

Farhad Iqbal

COX'S BAZAR, Feb 23: Most of the educational institutions in Ramu upazila of the district have remained without any Shaheed Minar.A total of 152 educational institutions, out of 160, do not have their own Shaheed Minar although it is an instruction of the government to observe the International Mother Language Day on February 21 in ...