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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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Heavy rainfall floods 200 villages in Cox's Bazar

Farhad Iqbal

COX'S BAZAR, Aug 4: Over 200 villages were flooded in Chakaria, Pekua, Ramu, Sadar and Ukhiya upazilas of the district while more than three lakh people were marooned due to heavy rainfall and upstream hilly water. Local administration and public representatives said, non-stop raining since Monday (July 29) inundated 16 unions in nine upazilas; water entered ...

Food crisis looms in St Martins due to firing from Myanmar

Farhad Iqbal

Trawlers and speedboats plying between Teknaf and Saint Martins Island are being repeatedly fired from Myanmar, causing food crisis in the island inhabited by at least 10,000 people. Firing on Naikhongdia point of the Naf River on this route was reported at 11:30am on Tuesday. Several more rounds of firing occurred since June 5. As ...

Wildlife facing water crisis at Teknaf, Ukhiya

Farhad Iqbal

COXS BAZAR, May 17: Both human life and wildlife are facing untold sufferings of drinking water and accommodation crises in the district.Due to unabated deforestation and groundwater layer downing, this crisis has almost been alarming in Coxs Bazar.But it is critical in Rohingya-dominated Teknaf-Ukhiya upazilas of the district. According to official sources, about 8,000 hectares ...

Smugglers making hefty profit smuggling fuel to Myanmar

Farhad Iqbal

COXS BAZAR, Mar 28: Fuel imported with hard earned foreign currency, are being smuggled into war-torn Myanmar through marine route from Coxs Bazar. In the latest raid, police seized a large consignment of 15,000 liters of fuel and 4,000 liters of edible oil while being smuggled into Myanmar in a two-phase operation. Several operations have ...

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