FisheriesDuring the 22-day ban that protects brood hilsa, fisheries officials in Kumarkhali, Kushtia, seized about 5,000 metres of banned current net on the Padma on 11 October 2025 and burnt it the same day.
FisheriesA mobile court in Kawkhali, Pirojpur, sentenced a fisherman to 17 days' simple imprisonment on 11 October 2025 for catching hilsa in the Kacha river during the 22-day mother hilsa ban that ran from 4 to 25 October.
FisheriesA mobile court in Haimchar, Chandpur, sentenced two fishermen to 20 days in jail each on 7 October 2025 for catching hilsa in the Meghna sanctuary area during the 22-day breeding ban.
