HILSA has for long been a cultural and culinary staple. Yet, despite a notable increase in production, its price remains beyond the reach of many consumers. A recent study led by professor Md Mostafa Shamsuzzaman and his research team in the Sylhet Agricultural University sheds light on the underlying factors behind this persistent price increase. Their findings...
Chinese ambassador to Bangladesh Yao Wen has expressed interest in importing 1,000 tonnes of Hilsa from Bangladesh...
Eight members of the fisheries department were injured in the early hours of Wednesday when they were attacked by a group during a hilsa conservation drive near Babur Char on the Padma River in Jazira upazila...
Bangladesh has exported 532 metric tonnes of hilsa to India in 11 days till Saturday night on the occasion of Durga Puja against this year鈥檚 export approval for 2420MTS.
Prices of hilsa have shot up again in Chandpur markets as a 22-day ban on hilsa fishing was set to begin at midnight past Saturday, to ensure safe spawning in the freshwaters of the Padma and Meghna rivers...
THIS is heart-breaking to see struggles of hundreds and thousands of poor artisanal fishers. The increased level of unjust treatment and oppression that artisanal fishers have experienced in recent years in the name of hilsa conservation is concerning...
The government is going to impose a 22-day ban on hilsa fishing from October 13.
Finance, commerce, science and technology adviser Salehuddin Ahmed on Sunday defended the decision of exporting 3,000 tonnes of hilsa to India on the eve of Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the Hindu community...
A legal notice has been served to the authorities concerned, seeking actions within three days to stop the export of 3,000 tonnes of Hilsa to India...
The government has decided to export 3,000 tonnes of hilsa to India on the eve of Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the Hindu community.
Fishermen resumed Hilsa fishing from today as a two-month ban on catching, selling and transportation of the national fish will end...