Bangladesh is reviving 39 native freshwater fish species through hatchery breeding, in an effort to secure stocks of commercially important fish. A quarter of the freshwater fish found in Bangladesh ...

The government has officially declared the Halda River, Bangladesh's largest natural breeding ground for carp fish, as the country's first 'Fish Heritage' site. A gazette notification in this regard ...

On Bangladesh’s only hilly island, a quiet revolution is taking place. In Maheshkhali, traders and workers are turning the age-old art of drying fish into a thriving organic industry — free from salt, ...

Unchecked logging and quarrying of rocks from streambeds in Bangladesh’s Chittagong Hill Tracts led to springs drying up and populations of putitor mahseer fish, an endangered species, disappearing.

High levels of antibiotic resistance have been detected in Bangladesh's farmed pabda fish (Ompok pabda), according to new research published in ScienceDirect, raising concerns for the export market ...

New Delhi: What can be Durga Puja without the `Ilish? For Bengalis, this coveted fish, commonly called Hilsa, is just not a delicacy but part of their rich culture. As a goodwill gesture, the ...

Fish scales, once discarded as waste, have now become a significant source of foreign currency earnings in Khulna. Dried and ...

DHAKA: Bangladesh’s defence force said it has deployed warships and patrol aircraft as part of a special surveillance operation to protect a prized fish from illegal fishing during its spawning season ...

The minimum export price of Hilsa per kg set by the government is at USD 12.50, wholesale rate for Hilsa fish at the Howrah wholesale fish market is between Rs 1,400 to Rs 1,600 per kilogram ...

At popular markets like Maniktala and Lake Market, hilsa weighing around a kilogram sold for ₹2,000 per kg, while larger fish weighing over 1.5 kg fetched ₹2,500 per kilo. The steep pricing didn’t ...

Bangladesh has decided to allow the export of 1,200 tonnes of Hilsa fish, locally known as ilish, to India ahead of Durga Puja. "The government has taken a policy decision to conditionally export ...