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- Country:
- Bangladesh
- What do you do?
- Reporter
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- The New Nation
- Fields of interest
- science, agriculture, health, water, energy, climate change, biodiversity, sustainable development, poverty reduction
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- rafiqulazad@gmail.com
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- http://nation.ittefaq.com
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- Hi, I am Rafiqul Islam Azad. I am working with an English language newspaper as a Senior Staff Reporter.
To gather information and prepare news for my paper are my main responsibilities as a journalist.
being a political reporter, I mainly cover government and politics. I also cover news related to parliament, elections, crimes, climate change, gender, health and water policy issues.
I did my MA from the National University.
I attended two international workshops--one in Bangkok on water policy issues in Asia held on Feb 4- 6, in 2006 and another in Chennai on Food insecurity held on Jan 30-Feb 1, 2007.
I visited Karachi, Islamabad and Lahore in Pakistan along with a eight-member media team from July 18 to July 24.
I obtained the Transparency International, Bangladesh Award 2004 for investigation journalism on when lawmakers break the law.
I want to prepare more investigative reports, which ultimately would bring welfare for the society.
I love to be introduced with people from different countries and culture and exchange views with them.
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Climate change impact-2: Livelihood of fishers under pressure
Rafiqul Islam Azad
Subol Hori, a sexagenarian fisherman of village Koirbottyapara at Borghop, Kutubdia, an island in Cox's Bazar, the southeastern coastal area of the country, can no more maintain his 20-member family. He is exhausted.
All of his four sons, who could not cross the boundary of secondary school, are also fishermen. They use to go for fishing in the deep sea but cannot earn money as much as their family needs.
"We are compelled to lead a miserable life. With limited earnings of my… Continue
Subol Hori, a sexagenarian fisherman of village Koirbottyapara at Borghop, Kutubdia, an island in Cox's Bazar, the southeastern coastal area of the country, can no more maintain his 20-member family. He is exhausted.
All of his four sons, who could not cross the boundary of secondary school, are also fishermen. They use to go for fishing in the deep sea but cannot earn money as much as their family needs.
"We are compelled to lead a miserable life. With limited earnings of my… Continue
Posted on May 24, 2009 at 6:11pm —
Climate change impacts-I: Coastal fishermen bear brunt of cyclonic storm, tidal surge
'It was about 8.30pm. The devastating Sidr was approaching the coatal land from the Bay of Bengal. Our courtyard was submerged by water brought by tidal surge. I, along with my pregnant wife Hanufa Begum, 21, and daughter Nargis, 5, started moving to a local cyclone centre for taking shelter. Hardly we moved about 1000 yards when we were washed away by a strong surge about 30fts high and in no time we found ourselves struck on a big rain tree.'
This is the horrible tale of Nanna Miah, 25, a fis… Continue
This is the horrible tale of Nanna Miah, 25, a fis… Continue
Posted on May 17, 2009 at 5:30pm — 2 Comments
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