Dried fish business

Photo: Saqlain Rizve
In Focus

Dry fish processing in Saint Martin's Island

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

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

Fishes are dried on a platform near the Meghna River in the village. Photo: Azizul Shonchay/TBS
Industry

Long shadow on Brahmanbaria dried fish business