AgribusinessBangladesh cleared 1,200 tonnes of hilsa for export to India before Durga Puja 2025, but only 144 tonnes had gone by the 5 October deadline. Importers in Howrah blamed a poor catch in Bangladesh and high prices.
The sour, star-shaped kamranga that appears as autumn ends is notable for its minerals, but people with weak kidneys should consult a doctor before eating it.
A joint drive by the upazila administration and fisheries office in Araihazar, Narayanganj, seized 50,000 metres of current net and 8 kg of hilsa.
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus told the World Food Forum in Rome that Bangladesh, half the size of Italy, feeds 173 million people and shelters 1.3 million Rohingya refugees.
A mobile court fined four fishermen for catching hilsa in the Jamuna at Chauhali, Sirajganj, in breach of the ban and seized one and a half lakh metres of net.
Guava, available all year and known as the poor man's apple, is rich in nutrients and has a low glycaemic index that suits people with diabetes.
Driven by income needs and debt, 30 to 35 per cent of fishing families use illegal nets, but 93 per cent of them do not know these nets cut fish production and breeding.
The drop in the groundwater table is hampering crop production and spoiling water quality in the Barind region, leaving farmers in difficulty.
An 18-year-old college student died after being bitten by a snake while asleep at home in Shailkupa, Jhenaidah.
Five people caught buying hilsa in Zajira, Shariatpur, in breach of the breeding-season ban were fined Tk 5,000 each.
The Gosairhat upazila administration seized two maunds of hilsa and a trawler used to sell fish caught on the Meghna in breach of the breeding-season ban.
Flowers of many colours bloom from village yards to busy city roads, and many of them can be grown in a yard, open space or on a rooftop.
FisheriesOn 12 October 2025 a task force detained 11 fishers in a Meghna river hilsa sanctuary at Haimchar in Chandpur; a mobile court sentenced eight of them to 15 days' rigorous imprisonment each.
Bangladesh Air Force helicopters are flying night surveillance missions over key rivers and coastal areas to stop illegal fishing during the 2025 hilsa breeding season.
A jackal bit seven people, including a child, in Muradnagar upazila of Cumilla on Saturday night before local people killed it.
A man returning with hilsa bought during the ban jumped into the Tentulia river in Bauphal, Patuakhali, on seeing a river police patrol and has gone missing.
The dark green amra seen in markets at this time of year is not just tasty but packed with nutrients that help immunity, skin, digestion and bones.
A joint drive at Akmal Ali fishermen's ghat in Chattogram seized 2,500 kg of mother hilsa from four fishing boats back from the sea.
As in every year, makeshift hilsa markets are being held on the Padma bank in Shibchar, Madaripur, during the breeding-season ban.
Cotton is one of Bangladesh's cash crops, and this guide sets out the soil, sowing time, seed rates and spacing needed to grow it.
