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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

Four bridges on Cox’s Bazar highway being upgraded to six lanes

Farhad Iqbal

COX'S BAZAR, Sept 9: After correction of a project named "Cross Border", four bridges on 150-km long Chattogram-Cox's Bazar highway are being upgraded to six lanes. Though Executive Committee on National Economic Council (ECNEC) passed the project of turning the bridges into four lanes earlier, it was later decided to upgrade those into six lanes. ...

70,000 living on Ramu hills amid risk

Farhad Iqbal

COX'S BAZAR, Sept 7: About 70,000 people of 11 unions under Ramu Upazila of the district are living amid risk on local hills. The administration is not taking any step despite casualties and possibility of further casualties from hill slides.People living on the hills remain in constant fear of landslide during any prolonged rainfall. Recently, ...

Varsity student drowns in sea

By Farhad Iqbal

A student of BRAC University drowned in the bay while taking bath at Laboni point of the sea in Coxâ€™s Bazar on Saturday morning. The deceased was identified as Iftekharul Alam Abid, 25, son of Yunus Ali, a resident of Feni district. Abid drowned after washed away by wave while taking bath with other friends ...

UNHCR official’s body found in Cox’s Bazar

By Farhad Iqbal

Police on Thursday recovered the body of an UNHCR official who went missing two days ago from Moheshkhali upazila of Coxâ€™s Bazar. Dead Suliman Mulata, an UNHCR protection official, was citizen of Ethiopia.Fishermen found the body while they were netting in the sea at Sonadia area in the morning, said Afruzul Haque Tutul, additional superintendent ...

Strong current in Bay fast eroding Cox’s Bazar beach

Farhad Iqbal

COX'S BAZAR, July 24: The strong current in the Bay of Bengal, caused by low and monsoon wind, is eroding the Cox's Bazar sea-beach fast, leaving the tamarisk trees across the beach devoured by the sea. The monsoon wind is also increasing water level to several feet in the Bay. The beach from Laboni point ...

Road accident kills 4

By Farhad Iqbal

Four people were killed and eight others wounded when truck overturned in front of Balukhali customs office in Ukhia upazila of Coxâ€™s Bazar on Monday morning.The identities of the deceased could not be known yet.Ukhiya Upazila Nirbahi Officer Md Nikaruzzaman Chowdhury said a bamboo-laden truck turned turtle on the road after its driver lost control ...

Paddy purchase to benefit farmers

Rice procurement drive begins in Cox\'s Bazar

Farhad Iqbal

Rice procurement drive begins in Cox's BazarCOX'S BAZAR, July 12: The government has started rice procurement drive here as elsewhere in the country to increase food reserve during lean period.The government has a target to purchase 2,000 metric tonnes of rice from Cox's Bazar. But, the farmers have urged the government to procure paddy instead ...

Rohingyas at risk of landslide in C’Bazar

Farhad Iqbal

COX'S BAZAR, June 13: More than nine lakh Rohingyas who fled to Bangladesh from the Arakan State of Myanmar to avoid the atrocities of Myanmar army after August 25, 2017 are under risk of landslide. The number of old Rohingyas is three lakh. A total of 12 lakh Rohingyas took shelter in different camps at ...

Priyanka Chopra visits Teknaf refugee camps for 2nd day

By Farhad Iqbal

Unicef Goodwill Ambassador Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra visited Hariyakhali are under Sabrang union in Teknaf upazila of Cox's Bazar, the entrance point of Rohingyas from Myanmar.She reached the spot around 9:30am from Royel Tulip Hotel in Ukhiya.Later, the actress visited Unicef-run Leda child playground where she talked to Rohingya children and took photographs with them.But, ...

150 Education Centres At Ukhia Rohingya Camps

Children taught Burmese, English language

Farhad Iqbal

COX'S BAZAR, May 20: At least 150 child education centres were built at the temporary Rohingya refugee camps in Ukhia Upazila of the district.A private organisation Mukti took the initiative to build the education centres for Rohingya children with financial support of the UNICEF.After visiting the camp, it was found that Mukti has been working ...