LivestockOver a hundred families in West Ludhua, Matlab Uttar, Chandpur, say a poultry farm dumps droppings and waste into canals and ponds, fouling the water and stopping fish farming; the Department of Environment says it will inspect.
HealthThe only government hospital for about 144,000 people in Chandpur's Haimchar upazila has 56 of 131 posts vacant, no consultant, no operating theatre, X-ray or ultrasound, and an upgrade from 31 to 50 beds begun in 2019 is still unfinished.
FisheriesOutput fell from 565,000 tonnes in 2020-21 to about 500,000 tonnes in 2024-25; Chandpur officials and scientists blame silted rivers, pollution and destructive nets.
FisheriesA one-kilogram hilsa that cost Tk 2,500 two weeks ago now sells for Tk 2,800-3,000; all fishing in sanctuary areas is banned from 8 to 29 October, the fisheries office says.
The National Consumer Rights Protection Directorate fined two traders at Chandpur's Boro Station fish landing Tk 6,000 for keeping rotten hilsa for sale, and two hotels Tk 4,000 for having no price lists.
A fraud ring using fake Facebook pages and cut-price offers for Chandpur hilsa is taking buyers' advance payments and damaging genuine online fish sellers.
Police have arrested four members of a ring that defrauded people online for a long time by selling hilsa and other goods in Chandpur's name.
Water hyacinth that once choked the Dakatia river is now composted into floating beds on which about 110 farmers in Faridganj grow chemical-free vegetables and seedlings.
Hilsa prices at Chandpur's Borostation fish landing have fallen by about Tk 200 a kg in a week, though supply is still short of demand.
Hilsa supply has increased at Chandpur's Boro Station fish landing, one of the country's largest, but prices remain beyond the reach of ordinary buyers.
Chandpur District Detective Branch has arrested two members of a gang that took money through Facebook adverts for hilsa and other goods, recovering five mobile phones, SIM cards and Tk 60,000.
Buyers from around the country crowded the Boro Station fish landing in Chandpur on the weekly holiday to buy hilsa, though short supply kept prices high.
Hilsa roe is selling for Tk 5,500 to Tk 6,000 a kg at Chandpur's Boro Station fish landing, nearly double last year's price, because few roe-bearing fish are being caught.
