Two decades ago Nurul Islam, 70, earned his living by fishing in the Buriganga river that flows southwest of the Bangladesh capital of Dhaka and was once its lifeline. Now, with hardly any fish to be ...
Seventeen fishermen have been held by the Coast Guard for violating a government ban and illegally fishing in the Meghna ...
A 22-day nationwide ban on ilish fishing, aimed at protecting mother ilish and jatka (juvenile fish), has left thousands of ...
Bangladesh’s all-important hilsa fishery is declining amid pressures from human-driven factors and climate change, experts and authorities warn. The fish, Tenualosa ilisha, contributes around 12% of ...
A large part of Bangladesh, the country with the highest number of rivers, is a delta formed by sediments carried down by rivers from the Himalayan region. The population’s most significant ...
Bangladesh Deploys Warships To Protect Prized Hilsa Fish. AFP Dhaka: Bangladesh's defence force said it has deployed warships ...
Fishermen themselves had a say. Officials enact strict fishing ban to protect iconic species: 'This decision is based on ...
Petrapole-Benapole Border, September 27 (ANI): Around 45-50 tonnes of Hilsa arrived in West Bengal on September 27. Bangladesh's interim Govt is exporting 2,420 tonnes of Hilsa fish to India. The ...
Bangladesh had recently approved the export of 1,200 tonnes of hilsa to India for the festive season, with the shipment window fixed between September 16 and October 5 Bangladesh has allowed around ...