A mobile court has fined eight fishermen for catching hilsa fish or Ilish in the Meghna River at Charfashan Upazila in Bhola on the third day of a government ban. Fisheries Department officials ...

Fisheries and Livestock Minister, SM Rezaul Karim, today said that Bangladesh now produces 80 percent of the world’s hilsa. Every year the government slaps a ban on catching of the Hilsa fish ...

Chandpur, May 17 -- month ban that kept nets dry and hopes high, the beloved hilsa has returned to Chandpur's markets, rekindling excitement among fishermen and food lovers alike. The renewed ...

Five platoons, including three at the Ilisha Launch Ghat, were also destroyed by the stormy winds. According to Bhola Deputy Commissioner Md Azad Jahan, at least 5,200 homes in remote char areas were ...

Hilsa production has increased by more than two and a half fold in the last fifteen years due to different efforts of government including imposing ban on catching brood hilsa and jatka (hilsa fry ...

The Trump administration announced criminal smuggling charges on Wednesday against Kseniia Petrova, a Harvard scientist who was detained three months ago after failing to declare scientific samples ...

DHAKA: Bangladeshi interim government's Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus on Sunday (June 1) urged Chinese investors to make Bangladesh their home and production hub. During his speech at the China ...

AFTER a distinguished five-year tenure as the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Sultan of Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah has made a celebrated return to his beloved home state.

At local fish markets, including Biponibag, the scene isn't any better. Fish prices have also soared, with hilsa becoming increasingly unaffordable. Medium-sized shrimp are now going for Tk 1,000 per ...

Few things capture the heart of a Bengali quite like the hilsa, a fish that evokes not just culinary delight but cultural pride. It swims through the ‘lifeblood’ of India and Bangladesh, appearing at ...