Six Fishers Detained for Catching Hilsa in Defiance of Ban
Six fishers were detained and 40,000 metres of current net seized on the Meghna in Gosairhat, Shariatpur, for catching hilsa during the ban.
Six fishers were detained and 40,000 metres of current net seized on the Meghna in Gosairhat, Shariatpur, for catching hilsa during the ban.
Despite the government ban, seasonal fishers in Nalchhiti upazila of Jhalakathi are netting brood hilsa on the Sugandha and Bishkhali rivers, slipping past enforcement teams.
A disease is turning Aman rice fields brown in Matlab Uttar, Chandpur, leaving farmers worried, while the upazila agriculture officer says it is bacterial, not blast.
Fisheries and Livestock Adviser Farida Akhter visited the Padma-Meghna hilsa sanctuary in Chandpur to inspect the mother hilsa conservation drive.
To break the market syndicate, the Students Against Discrimination movement has begun selling vegetables at fair prices in Chattogram, in some cases Tk 30-35 below market.
Fisheries and livestock adviser Farida Akhter said the country will no longer stay poor if its natural and marine resources are used properly, speaking at the close of USAID's Ecofish-2 project.
Police in Chandpur detained 63 fishers in 24 hours for catching hilsa in defiance of the ban, and 43 of them were given sentences of various terms.
Under cover of darkness, miscreants cut down fruiting bean plants on 15 decimals of land in Ishwardi, Pabna, and the farmer fears losing more than Tk 1 lakh.
A seller in Kumarkhali, Kushtia, dropped his hilsa and fled on seeing a magistrate's car, and 6 kg of hilsa were recovered from the spot.
A hawk named Bahadur, rescued sick two years ago by Roman Chhoyal in Zajira, Shariatpur, has refused to leave him and now watches over neighbours' ducklings and chicks.
Although catching hilsa is banned until 3 November, markets are held regularly on the bank of the Padma in Shibchar, Madaripur, and buyers come in groups.
Prices of imported fruit such as grapes, apples, malta and oranges are rising steadily in Jamalpur, putting them beyond the reach of ordinary people.
Unable to compete with automatic rice mills, at least 82 per cent of Naogaon's husking mills have closed, leaving about 35,000 drying-yard workers jobless and a few traders in control of the rice market.
Former teacher Md Chhanowar Hossain has become a successful farmer in Tangail and now produces about one tonne of coffee a year on average.
River police detained 55 fishers in separate drives in the Chandpur river region over 24 hours for catching hilsa in defiance of the ban.
A mobile court seized 20,000 metres of net and 10 kg of hilsa on the Payra river in Patuakhali, where about 50 fishers have been jailed so far during the ban.
A mobile court fined four fishers Tk 10,000 for catching mother hilsa on the Jamuna in Sirajganj in defiance of the ban.
Kuti Mia Molla, a 53-year-old farmer, died after being bitten by a snake while asleep in Lohagara, Narail.
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