Hilsa

Only four traders were seen selling hilsa at the fish market in a Chuadanga market yesterday (13 April). Photo: UNB
Bangladesh

Hilsa trade in Chuadanga remarkably bleak during Pahela Baishakh

Economic stress, dissatisfaction with hilsa quality, or shifting eating habits among the younger generation are likely contributing to the declining interest in hilsa

Rice prices remain high despite increased imports
Economy

Rice prices remain high despite increased imports

Some fishermen catching hilsa in from Meghna River. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

60-day fishing ban in Meghna, other coastal rivers begins

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

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

Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Govt to export 11,000 tonnes of hilsa to KSA, UAE for Bangladesh expatriates

Fisheries and Livestock Adviser Farida Akhter speaks at a programme in the capital's Karwan Bazar on 19 January 2025. Photo: PID
Bangladesh

Govt trying to make hilsa affordable for all: Adviser Farida

Fisheries and Livestock Advise Farida Akhter speaks at the 2nd Climate Justice Rally at the auditorium of Liberation War Museum in Agargaon in Dhaka on 7 December 2024. Photo: UNB
Bangladesh

Hilsa spawned fewer eggs this year due to irregular rainfall: Livestock Adviser

Fishermen catch swarms of Pangas in the Padma in November 2024. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Pangas replaces hilsa, brings smiles to fishermen’s faces

Representational image. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Days after ban lift, hilsa out of reach for people in Bagerhat

Representational Photo: Collected
Markets

Hilsa back to Barishal markets after ban, prices sky-high

Traders handling hilsa fish at a market in Barishal on Monday, 4 November, 2024. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Hilsa returns to Barishal markets within 24 hours after fishing ban ends

Representational Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

9 fishermen jailed for catching hilsa defying ban in Shariatpur

Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Traders exporting Hilsa to India at a loss of Tk750 per kg