Flowers
Water Hyacinth Blooms Brighten Open Waters of Mirsarai
Water hyacinth is in bloom across the open canals, beels and ponds of Mirsarai in Chattogram, delighting residents and passers-by.
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Fisheries
Fruits
Farmers in Mirsarai Succeed With Off-Season Watermelon
Farmers in Mirsarai, Chattogram, are making good profits from off-season watermelon grown with mulching under a DAE project, and the area under the crop is expanding.
Fisheries
Seized Hilsa Looted During Distribution in Barishal
Hundreds of people stormed the Barishal divisional fisheries office compound and looted seized jatka after allegations that officials had held back cartons of fish during a distribution.
Agribusiness
Three-Kilo Hilsa Sells for Tk 10,700 in Barishal
A hilsa weighing about 3kg, caught by a fisherman in the Arial Khan river at Bakerganj in Barishal, has been sold to a fish wholesaler for Tk 10,700.
Fisheries
Cat Slaughtered for Eating Fish; Police Complaint Filed Against Woman
A written complaint has been lodged with Adamdighi police in Bogura against a woman accused of slitting a cat's throat because it had eaten fish at her home.
Crops
Food Production Is Not the Farmer's Responsibility Alone
Producing good, safe food cannot be left to farmers alone; it needs government, researchers, private enterprise and consumers to work together.
Agribusiness
When Water Is Lost, Life Is Lost: The Emptiness Behind a Full Fish Market
The native fish crowding Dhaka's Dayaganj market come from wetlands that are drying up, and the people who catch them fear the trade has no future.
Fisheries
Ban on Catching Jatka Begins Today
An eight-month nationwide ban on catching jatka, young hilsa under 25 centimetres, begins on 1 November and runs until 30 June.
Fisheries
Coastal Fishers Caught in a Net of Year-Round Fishing Bans
Seasonal bans on fishing in the sea, rivers and Sundarbans run almost all year, leaving Mongla's coastal fishers deep in debt and many without the cards that bring aid.
Agribusiness
Record 170 Maunds of Hilsa Hauled in a Single Catch at Sea
A Patharghata trawler netted about 170 maunds of hilsa in one haul in the Bay of Bengal, passing some 30 maunds to another boat for lack of space.
Agribusiness
Chandpur Trader Fined Tk 1 Lakh for Keeping Rotten Hilsa
The consumer rights directorate seized 350 kg of rotten hilsa from a trawler in Chandpur, destroyed it and fined the trawler's owner Tk 1 lakh.
Agribusiness
Rotten Hilsa Floods Chandpur Fish Ghat
Large quantities of soft and rotten hilsa, caught in secret during the ban to protect mother hilsa, have been landed at Chandpur's fish ghat since the ban ended.
Fisheries
Hilsa Catch Falls 23 Percent in Peak Season
Barishal division's peak-season hilsa catch fell 23 percent from last year to 79,310 tonnes, the lowest in four years, amid overfishing and silted rivers.