Many fishers across Bangladesh say they still haven’t received the compensation promised by the government during a three-week ban on fishing of hilsa, the country’s most important fish. The ban ends ...

A two-month fishing ban will be enforced from today, impacting an 82-kilometre stretch across three rivers in ten upazilas of Barishal division. The ban, which has been in place since 2019, aims to ...

Dhaka: Bangladesh's defence force said it has deployed warships and patrol aircraft as part of a special surveillance operation to protect a prized fish from illegal fishing during its spawning season ...

Hilsa lovers in Bengal may not have any bones to pick with the catch this season. Fishermen from South 24-Parganas have returned with over 30 tonnes of hilsa, almost double the cumulative catch in the ...

The 15-day ban on hilsa fishing during its breeding period in 2015 will help raise the output of the delicious fish by about 30,000 crore fry (jatka), predicts a senior fisheries scientist. "It has ...

Six fishermen have been sentenced to seven days in jail for catching hilsa in the sanctuary area of the Padma-Meghna rivers in Chandpur in defiance of an ongoing fishing ban. Executive Magistrate ...

Hilsa is everywhere in Bangladesh. It’s on dinner tables, in markets, in poetry, in history, in culture. It is also the backbone of the country’s largest fishery, and it feeds millions. The hilsa ...

The government has set a 22-day ban from Oct 4 to 25 to protect female hilsa during their breeding season. Fisheries and Livestock Advisor Farida Akhter announced that during this period, the catching ...

Kolkata: The first consignment of Bangladeshi hilsa from the Padma-Meghna river system is expected to arrive in Kolkata on Thursday. The Mohammad Yunus-led interim govt has permitted 37 fish trading ...

In Bangladesh, catching hilsa fish will be banned for 22 days from October 12 to November 2 as it is the main breeding season of this year. Hilsa is the National fish of Bangladesh and one of the ...

In good news for the fish-loving people of Bengal at the onset of monsoon, trawlers have returned to the Kakdwip harbour with over 50 ton of hilsa, which is around 40 per cent of last year's catch. It ...