Hilsa started flooding the fish markets in Bagergat and Patuakhali as the government lifted its ban on netting fish in the Bay of Bengal on July 23. As a result, the price of the fish also went down ...

Fishing operations resumed across Bhola at midnight on Thursday following the conclusion of a two-month government-imposed ...

On the corner of a crowded and noisy floor, a bespectacled man was calling out bids for a basket of Hilsa fish. He repeated the prices quoted by traders in a loud, rhythmic tone: "1,400-1,420-1,450…" ...

Hilsa catching, selling and transportation resumed on Saturday after a government ban for 22 days. A total of 600 maunds of Hilsa came to Chandpur's Bara Station Fish Ghat, the biggest Hilsa market of ...

“Half the season is gone. Where are the hilsa?” asked Abu Jaher, a 40-year-old fisher from Samraj in Bangladesh’s coastal district Bhola. “There was a 65-day ban on fishing,” he said. “Now it is over, ...

Many fishers across Bangladesh say they still haven’t received the compensation promised by the government during a three-week ban on fishing of hilsa, the country’s most important fish. The ban ends ...

Hilsa lovers in Bengal may not have any bones to pick with the catch this season. Fishermen from South 24-Parganas have returned with over 30 tonnes of hilsa, almost double the cumulative catch in the ...

Dhaka, Oct 6 (bdnews24.com) — The 11-day ban on catching Hilsa fish, in line with a Sep 27 government order, has started off across Bangladesh to boost Hilsa fish production. The ban starts off today, ...

“Half the season is gone. Where are the Hilsa?” asked Abu Jaher, a 40-year-old fisher from Samraj in Bangladesh’s coastal district Bhola. “There was a 65-day ban on fishing. Now it’s over, the rivers ...