Agribusiness
Severe Ice Shortage Keeps Hilsa Fishermen from Going to Sea
Hundreds of trawlers at the Alipur-Mohipur fish port in Patuakhali cannot go to sea for hilsa because power cuts have crippled ice production.
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Fisheries
Crops
Why Fish Farming Matters and Why Catches Are Falling
With wild fish stocks shrinking, fish and shrimp farming is proving more profitable than crop farming for Bangladeshi farmers, and the country ranks fifth in the world in aquaculture.
Agribusiness
This Fish Looks Like Hilsa but Is Not: Simple Ways to Tell Them Apart
When hilsa is scarce, some dishonest traders sell sardines or chandana fish as hilsa, but a few checks at the market can reveal the difference.
Fisheries
Chicken, Fish or Mutton: Which Protein Does the Body More Good?
Fish, chicken and mutton are all good sources of protein, but their nutritional value differs, so the best choice depends on each person's needs.
Agribusiness
Trawler Nets 46 Maunds of Hilsa in a Single Haul off Kalapara
A fishing trawler in the Bay of Bengal off Kalapara, Patuakhali, caught 46 maunds of hilsa in one haul, selling the fish at auction for Tk 48.5 lakh.
Fisheries
Python Dies After Getting Trapped in Abandoned Net in Sreemangal
A python trapped in an abandoned fishing net in Hail Haor, Sreemangal, died despite being rescued and taken to a veterinary hospital.
Fisheries
Microplastics found in five native fish species of Arial Beel
Plastic particles turned up in koi, bata, meni, gulsha tengra and puti — not only in the gut but in the muscle people eat.
Vegetables
Vegetable Prices Soar in Dhaka, Leaving Ordinary Shoppers Struggling
Almost every vegetable in Dhaka's kitchen markets now sells for close to Tk 100 a kg, squeezing low- and middle-income families who had turned to vegetables because fish and meat were already out of reach.
Fisheries
Single Hilsa Sold for Tk 10,500 in Lakshmipur
A 2.3kg 'king hilsa' caught in the Meghna river at Kamalnagar in Lakshmipur has been sold for Tk 10,500.
Vegetables
Make a Prawn Curry With Tender Ash Gourd
Tender ash gourd, now easy to find in the markets, makes a rich curry with prawns and coconut milk.
Fisheries
Cobra's Severed Head Bites Elderly Man Five Minutes After Beheading
A 72-year-old man in China who cut off a cobra's head with a spade was bitten by the severed head five minutes later and spent two months in treatment before recovering.
Fisheries
Six-Foot Python Caught in Fisherman's Net
Police have rescued a python about six feet long that was caught in fishermen's net in Paikerchhara beel in Bhurungamari, Kurigram.
Vegetables
How to Cook Prawns With Taro Corms This Monsoon
Taro corms, plentiful in the monsoon, taste even better cooked with prawns, and the pairing is also rich in nutrients.