dried fish

The centuries-old fair took place at the grounds of Kulikunda Uttar Government Primary School in the Sadar union of Nasirnagar. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Traditional dried fish fair held in Brahmanbaria to celebrate Pahela Baishakh

Organisers and traders expect transactions worth nearly Tk50 lakh over the course of the fair

A worker checks on his fish on a drying platform, part of a settlement by the Payra River in Taltali, Barguna. This key site for dried fish production uses temporary platforms during the dry season, continuing a decades-long tradition. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Barguna’s dried fish workers stare at bleak future amid low wage, poor accommodation

Balachao - Exotic yet homemade
Bangladesh

Balachao - Exotic yet homemade

Sketch: TBS
Thoughts

Exploiting the immense potential of safely-produced dried fish

A man fills up a basket with dried fish at a dried fish processing plant in Lalpur village under Ashuganj upazila of Brahmanbaria. The village has been producing dried fish from various indeginous species for hundreds of years, but the output has decreased this season because of a scarcity of fishes and cash crunch. Photo: Azizul Shonchay.
Bazaar

Barter system ends at Brahmanbaria's centuries-old dried fish fair

Dried fish is being made from pool barb, locally known as Puti, fish at an Umednagar fish farm in Habiganj city. The photo was taken recently. Photo: TBS
Economy

Dried fish production in Habiganj drops by 11-fold in a decade

Mouth watering dried fish dish of Hasu Miah
Videos

Mouth watering dried fish dish of Hasu Miah

Shubhash and others like him found employment at a matka factory, located in Mymensingh district’s Haluaghat upazila. Photo: Mumit M
Panorama

How matkas were saved from extinction thanks to the dried fish industry

Workers at a dried fish plant at Noakhali’s Hatiya upazila pile fried chewa fish. About 36,000 tonnes of dried chewa fish was produced from the upazila this year worth Tk300 crore. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

A good season for Hatia’s dried chewa fish

A man fills up a basket with dried fish at a dried fish processing plant in Lalpur village under Ashuganj upazila of Brahmanbaria. The village has been producing dried fish from various indeginous species for hundreds of years, but the output has decreased this season because of a scarcity of fishes and cash crunch. Photo: Azizul Shonchay.
Trade

B’baria dried fish traders stare at losses

Infographic: TBS
Industry

Despite market demand, fish processing is limited to shrimp, dried fish

Pran Bandhu Das sits at his dried fish shop while his son Ratan Das is busy sorting the fish. Photo: TBS
Bazaar

Brahmanbaria man’s Shidol wins customers’ heart

A worker lays out fish caught in the sea to dry. According to industry insiders, 70% of the dried fish market now depends on imports. Photo: TBS
Bazaar

Once exporter, dried fish market now depends on imports