The Fish Importers' Association of Kolkata has written to Khandaker Abdul Muktadir seeking a permanent end to the ban in place since July 2012, saying the limited Durga Puja permits since 2019 are not enough.
A hilsa weighing about 1 to 1.5 kg is a popular choice for flavour, but freshness, build and origin count as much as size.
Haji Saral Mia of Mymensingh planted okra, greens and fruit trees on the one-acre bank of his 5.5-acre fish pond; 180 maunds are sold, 200-250 more are coming, and the crop needs no fertiliser and hardly any pesticide.
Rinsing rice gently three or four times before cooking removes excess starch and helps keep the grains separate.
Barishal fishers catching few hilsa want the 22-day mother hilsa ban due from 4 October pushed back, and a proposal to delay it by 15 days is under review.
Official catch figures from natural waters have more than doubled since 1983-84, yet wild fish are scarce at Karwan Bazar and Jatrabari; 5.97 million kg of frozen rui and katla came through Chattogram port in 2024, officials blame Farakka and dying river flows, and BFRI is breeding threatened specie
Visiting the government fish seed farm at Atpukur Par in Tangail Sadar, Sultan Salauddin Tuku said better management and maintenance of existing infrastructure can lift fish seed output while saving power.
Between 100 and 150 maunds a day change hands at the Boro Station landing centre, yet a one-kilogram fish costs over Tk 3,000; a researcher blames silted chars in the Meghna estuary, pollution and current nets for the fish's retreat from fresh water.
Bottled soybean oil remains scarce in Dhaka even after a price rise, while atta and flour prices have climbed and bakers say their products will cost up to 20 per cent more.
Boston startup Knip has moved production of its fermented postbiotic feed ingredient JUV to a contract manufacturer with 10,000 tonnes of capacity, positioning it not as a soy or fishmeal substitute but as a low-dose additive that helps farmed fish and shrimp survive stress.
A 2.7 kg hilsa netted in the Baleshwar river fetched Tk 15,930 at auction at the Patharghata BFDC fish landing centre in Barguna.
Of 20 tonnes of premium fish bought in April, only 5 tonnes of tiger shrimp sold at the first auction; TCB wants bids for 10 tonnes of freshwater prawn and 5 tonnes of pomfret by 12.30pm on 15 September.
Tea on the Lalmai hills, commercial fruit orchards, women entrepreneurs, remittance-funded farms and mechanisation are reshaping farming in Cumilla district.
