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Frozen fish, shrimp exports rebound with 19% growth, India and China top destinations

Fresh data from the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) show exports of frozen fish and shrimp reached $388.7 million, up from $325.73 million a year earlier

Photo collage of the sailors and their catch. Photos: Shahid Sarkar

Fish catch in Bay drops 21% in three years, hilsa plummets 78%

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Drop of poison, sea of consequences: How poison fishing is wiping out Sundarbans’ ecosystems and livelihoods

Fisheries and Livestock Adviser Farida Akhter delivers a speech at a regional workshop organised by BFRI in Mymensingh on 21 June 2025. Photo: BSS

Farida stresses boosting fish production 

NBR Office in Dhaka. File Photo: Collected

NBR targets those misusing reduced tax rates for fisheries

Fisheries and Livestock Adviser Farida Akhter at a press briefing on 17 February 2025. Photo: UNB

Fishing ban in Bay to be reduced to 58 days: Fisheries adviser

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NBR mulls plugging tax loopholes related to fisheries income

COAST Foundation hosted a seminar titled "Challenges and Way Forward for the Small-Scale Fishers in Bangladesh" at the CIRDAP Auditorium in Dhaka on 9 November. Photo: Courtesy

Govt working to dispel discrimination in fisheries: Adviser Farida

Narail's fisheries and agricultural sectors have suffered losses worth Tk100 crore due to the recent floods. Photo: UNB

Flood: Narail fisheries, agriculture sectors suffer Tk100 crore losses

8,250 fish enclosures and 3.15 hectares of cropland have been flooded in Khulna due to incessant raining for the past few days. Photo: UNB

Heavy rains devastate over 8,000 fish enclosures and crops in Khulna, causing Tk 100cr in losses

Photo: Rajib Dhar

Recognising women's role key for an inclusive fisheries sector

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Flood-affected fish farmers to get easy-term loans: Farida Akhtar

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Call for recognition, policy inclusion of women in fisheries