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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

Myanmar minister assures of Rohingya repatriation

By Farhad Iqbal

Myanmar Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement Minister Win Myat Aye on Wednesday assured of repatriation of Rohingyas from Bangladesh at the shortest possible time.The minister came up with the assurance while visiting Kutupalang Rohingya camps in Cox's Bazar.This is the first such visit by any Myanmar minister to the largest-ever refugee camps.Earlier, a 12-member team, ...

1.50 lakh Yaba pills seized in Cox's Bazar

By Farhad Iqbal

Some 1.50 lakh pieces of yaba tablets worth around Tk 7.50 crore was recovered from a fishing boat in Saint Martin Island's Bangla Channel area in Teknaf upazila of Cox's Bazar district early Monday.On information, a patrol team of Bangladesh Coast Guard East Zone conducted a drive in the area around 2:30am, and recovered the ...

Rohingya man hammered to death

By Farhad Iqbal

A Rohingya man was beaten to death by hammer at Kutupalang camp in Coxâ€™s Bazar on Friday morning. The dead was identified as Md Hakim, 30, son of Nur Muhammadof block D-4 in the camp. Additional Superintendent (ASP) of Coxâ€™s Bazar police, Afrazul Haque Tutul confirmed the matter. According to police, Md Rafiq, a resident ...

Fishermen catch hilsa aplenty from Bay

Farhad Iqbal

COX'S BAZAR, Mar 10: The local fishermen are catching abundant hilsa fish from the Bay of Bengal. The fishing trawlers with huge amount of hilsa are arriving at Nuniarchhara fish landing station. While visiting the station on Tuesday morning, massive amount of hilsa was found while businessmen, workers, fishermen and trawler owners were busy in ...

Tk 25 cr Yaba tablets recovered in St Martin's Island

By Farhad Iqbal

Bangladesh Coast Guard members recovered five lakh Yaba tablets worth Tk 25 crore from Saint Martin's Island in Coxâ€™s Bazar on Saturday morning. Faizul Islam Mondal, Commander of Teknaf station Coast Guard, confirmed the matter. Acting on a tip-off, a team led by the commander conducted a drive near Paschim Para pine wood area of ...

Fire breaks out at Teknaf forest

By Farhad Iqbal

A fire broke out at a stretch of two-and-a-half kilometers of hilly forest near Rohingya camp in Teknaf of Cox's Bazar on Thursday.Three people have been reportedly injured in the fire incident. Upazila administration, police, forest department and fire service and civil defence have been trying to control the blaze.Local people first spotted the fire ...

Rohingya youth found dead in Cox's Bazar; 9 held

By Farhad Iqbal

Cox's Bazar : Police recovered the body of a Rohingya youth from Kutupalang camp in Ukhia upazila on Friday. Local people spotted the body near E block 3 in the Rohingya camp this morning and informed police. The dead was identified as Abu Taher, 30, son of Abu Hashem, who took shelter in E ...

Pro-AL panel dominates in Cox's Bazar Bar polls

By Farhad Iqbal

Cox's Bazar: Pro-Awami League lawyers' panel bagged 10 posts, out of 17, including that of president and general secretary, in Cox's Bazar Bar Association election.Mohammad Nurul Islam and Iqbalur Rashid Amin, candidates from Bangabandhu Ainjibi Parishad and Sammilito Ainjibi Parishad, have been elected president general secretary respectively. The election commission announced the results on Saturday ...

Yaba pills worth Tk 16 cr seized at Saint Martin's Island

By Farhad Iqbal

Some 3.20 lakh pieces of yaba tablets worth around Tk 16 core has been recovered from a fishing boat in Saint Martin Island's East beach area in Teknaf upazila of Cox's Bazar district.On information, a patrol team of Bangladesh Coast Guard East Zone conducted a drive in the area around 11:00pm on Thursday, and recovered ...

11 foreigners detained in Cox's Bazar

By Farhad Iqbal

Cox's Bazar : Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) members on Friday detained 11 foreign nationals in Ukhia on their way to Rohingya camps.RAB Cox's Bazar camp Company Commander Major Ruhul Amin told the Daily Observer that the foreigners were detained near Ukhia Degree College relief camp at about 11am for want of documents. Of the detainees, ...