37 companies to export hilsa to India
The government has given approval to 37 Bangladeshi companies to export a total of 1,200 tonnes of hilsa to India ahead of Durga Puja,聽the biggest religious festival of the Hindu community.
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Govt approves 1,200 tonne hilsa for India鈥檚 Durga Puja
Fisheries and livestock adviser Farida Akhter on Monday said that approval was given to send 1,200 metric tonnes of hilsa to India that year as per courtesy and request on the occasion of Durga Puja...
Supply of hilsa fries floods Barishal markets
The prices of hilsa have gone up in the Barishal region, a hub of the national fish, amid news of the government鈥檚 recent approval to export the fish to India while the markets are flooded with hilsa fries, locally known as jatka...
1,200 tonnes of hilsa to be exported to India
The government has decided to allow exporting 1,200 tonnes of hilsa to India on the eve of Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the Hindu community...
Hilsa harvest drops by 48pc: adviser
The interim government鈥檚 fisheries and livestock affairs adviser, Farida Akhter, on Friday said that hilsa harvesting dropped by up to 48 per cent this season.
Breaking hilsa price trap
HILSA has for long been a cultural and culinary staple. Yet, despite a notable increase in production, its price remains beyond the reach of many consumers. A recent study led by professor Md Mostafa Shamsuzzaman and his research team in the Sylhet Agricultural University sheds light on the underlying factors behind this persistent price increase. Their findings...
China keen to import Hilsa
Chinese ambassador to Bangladesh Yao Wen has expressed interest in importing 1,000 tonnes of Hilsa from Bangladesh...
Hilsa protecting officials assaulted
Eight members of the fisheries department were injured in the early hours of Wednesday when they were attacked by a group during a hilsa conservation drive near Babur Char on the Padma River in Jazira upazila...
Bangladesh exports 532 tonnes of hilsa to India in 11 days
Bangladesh has exported 532 metric tonnes of hilsa to India in 11 days till Saturday night on the occasion of Durga Puja against this year鈥檚 export approval for 2420MTS.
22-day hilsa fishing ban in Bangladesh begins today
Prices of hilsa have shot up again in Chandpur markets as a 22-day ban on hilsa fishing was set to begin at midnight past Saturday, to ensure safe spawning in the freshwaters of the Padma and Meghna rivers...
Injustice to fishers and ways out
THIS is heart-breaking to see struggles of hundreds and thousands of poor artisanal fishers. The increased level of unjust treatment and oppression that artisanal fishers have experienced in recent years in the name of hilsa conservation is concerning...
22-day ban on hilsa fishing to begin from October 13
The government is going to impose a 22-day ban on hilsa fishing from October 13.
Govt defends hilsa export
Finance, commerce, science and technology adviser Salehuddin Ahmed on Sunday defended the decision of exporting 3,000 tonnes of hilsa to India on the eve of Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the Hindu community...
Legal notice seeks ban on Hilsa export to India
A legal notice has been served to the authorities concerned, seeking actions within three days to stop the export of 3,000 tonnes of Hilsa to India...
Bangladesh to export 3,000 tonnes of hilsa to India ahead of Durga Puja
The government has decided to export 3,000 tonnes of hilsa to India on the eve of Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the Hindu community.
Hilsa fishing resumes after 2-month ban
Fishermen resumed Hilsa fishing from today as a two-month ban on catching, selling and transportation of the national fish will end...