Fisheries
Jashore wholesaler fined for selling Indian hilsa as local fish
The consumer rights directorate fined a wholesaler Tk5,000 at Jashore Boro Bazar for passing off imported Indian hilsa as local catch.
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Benapole land port
Fisheries
Indian traders ship hilsa into Bangladesh: and ask for Padma hilsa back
Roe-heavy hilsa from Gujarat is moving into Bangladesh while the Fish Importers' Association of India seeks permission to buy Padma-Meghna hilsa before Durga Puja.
Agribusiness
352,786 kg of Indian hilsa via Benapole in two months, some sold as 'Myanmar fish'
Twenty-two firms imported hilsa through the land port in July and August, 91.66 percent of it in August; in Jashore the foreign fish sells for about Tk 2,000 a kilo less than local hilsa, and officials want it labelled as Indian.