Hilsa

Hilsa

Hilsa fish. File Photo: TBS

High cost, low catch: Hilsa scarcity hurts fishermen, consumers

Fisheries Adviser Farida Akhter cites illegal fishing, shifting rivers, and climate change for hilsa decline

Fisheries and Livestock Adviser Farida Akhter speaking at a meeting on 30 June 2025. Photo: UNB

Make Hilsa price affordable for general people: Adviser Farida

Photo: TBS

Hilsa returns to Chandpur markets after ban; prices fall, buyers rejoice

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

Hilsa trade in Chuadanga remarkably bleak during Pahela Baishakh

Rice prices remain high despite increased imports

Rice prices remain high despite increased imports

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

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

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

Photo: TBS

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

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

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

Pangas replaces hilsa, brings smiles to fishermen’s faces

Representational image. Photo: TBS

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

Representational Photo: Collected

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