In an opinion piece, journalist Kazi Sayed argues that the open sale and use of banned fine-mesh nets is destroying marine life in the Bay of Bengal and putting Bangladesh's blue economy at risk.
Two children were allegedly tied hand and foot and beaten in public in Galachipa, Patuakhali, over accusations of stealing hilsa, with a UP member and a fish trader said to be involved.
A crocodile seized crab fisherman Subrata Mondal as he swam across the Karamjal canal in the Sundarbans, and the Forest Department, his family and villagers searched for his body.
A feature on Bangladesh's vanishing birds and wildlife traces declines in tigers, elephants, vultures, turtles and frogs to hunting, habitat loss and harmful drugs, and calls for public awareness.
In an opinion piece, Professor Noman Faruk and Samiran Biswas argue that uncontrolled pesticide use is harming health, soil and water in Bangladesh, and call for biopesticides, integrated pest management and farmer awareness.
River police chief Additional IGP Kusum Dewan has ordered the force to deploy enough officers for the 22-day Mother Hilsa Conservation Drive 2025 and to step up seizures of illegal nets.
Hilsa catch in Bangladesh has fallen by more than 9% in four years and July-August 2025 landings were down nearly 39%, the fisheries ministry said, and the adviser apologised that prices could not be kept low.
A 17km road on a Padma embankment in Ishwardi, Pabna, has been left unrepaired for years, cutting off 70,000 to 100,000 people in 15 villages and hurting char farmers.
Farming is expanding across Bhola's seven upazilas and no land was left fallow in the 2024-25 rabi season, with farmers crediting government seed, fertiliser and support.
A 22-day special drive to protect mother hilsa runs from 4 to 25 October, covering four days before the Ashwini full moon and three days after the new moon, the fisheries ministry announced.
Sanjana Rahman Juthi introduces dipto luchi (Peperomia pellucida), a common damp-ground herb, and lists the medicinal benefits she attributes to it.
A 55-year-old farmer, Khalil Mridha, died of a snakebite in Boalmari, Faridpur, even though he was given antivenom at the upazila health complex.
AgribusinessOn 28 September 2025 the Bangladesh Trade and Tariff Commission recommended fixing a maximum retail price for hilsa according to the fish's size, after a study blamed middlemen and dadon lenders for the soaring price.
