Fisheries and Livestock Adviser Farida Akhtar

Fisheries and Livestock Adviser Farida Akhtar

File photo of Farida Akhter, adviser to the Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock. Photo: Collected

Tobacco control is not only health ministry's responsibility: Farida Akhter

She urged the Election Commission to play a stricter role in this regard.

Fishermen catching hilsa. File Photo: Reuters

Microplastics, cadmium found in hilsa; adviser flags health risks

Photo: Courtesy

Sustainable livestock elusive without self-reliance in feed raw materials: Adviser Farida 

Fisheries and Livestock Affairs Adviser Farida Akhter. Sketch: TBS

Bangladesh has no plan to import beef: Adviser Farida

Photo: UNB

Shrimp export success hinges on global compliance: Adviser Farida

Fisheries and Livestock Adviser Farida Akhter spoke at a seminar titled 'Voices for Change: Putting Climate Action, Women Entrepreneurs, and SMEs in Bangladeshi Public Policy' held at a city hotel on Saturday (6 December 2025). Photo: UNB

Extra climate funding needed for women entrepreneurs: Adviser Farida

Fisheries and Livestock Adviser Farida Akhtar spoke as chief guest at a seminar in the capital on Wednesday, 3 December 2025. Photo: TBS

Fisheries, livestock sector to get 20% electricity bill rebate soon: Adviser Farida

Representational Illustration: Collected

Illegal fishing threatens blue economy: Adviser Farida

File photo of Farida Akhter, adviser to the Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock. Photo: Collected

Uncontrolled pesticide use making food a source of disease, warns Adviser Farida

Fisheries and Livestock Affairs Adviser Farida Akhter. Sketch: TBS

Farida for subsidies on fisheries, livestock

Delegates remain split over whether COP30 will commit to a fossil fuel phase-out and how responsibility will be distributed across developed and developing economies. Photo: Shamsuddin Illius/TBS

COP30 talks stumble as finance, fossil fuel, tech & gender negotiations deadlocked

Water level has started increasing as the severe cyclone Remal is nearing the costal areas of Southern Bangladesh. The photo was taken from Patakhali village of Padmapukur union in Satkhira's Shyamnagar upazila on Sunday (26 May). Photo: Awal Sheikh

Bangladesh demands survival-focused climate support at COP30

Fisheries and Livestock Advisor Farida Akhtar today (28 October) addressed the 15th meeting of the Fisheries Heritage Implementation Supervision Committee held at the Chattogram Circuit House. Photo: PID

Farida for stopping tobacco cultivation, pollution to protect Halda River