FisheriesA joint fisheries department and Coast Guard team enforcing the mother hilsa ban was attacked on the Meghna in Barishal's Hizla upazila on 7 October 2025, officials said. The upazila fisheries officer was among those hurt, and seven fishermen were detained.
The Matlab Uttar fisheries office and coast guard seized 1,000 kg of jatka from the launch MV Bandhan-5 on the Meghna and distributed it to orphanages and the poor.
The Coast Guard seized 1,600 kg (40 maunds) of jatka from a mini pickup van near Palbazar in Chandpur town on 28 November.
The home adviser told Coast Guard officers that stopping the smuggling of hilsa and fertiliser to neighbouring countries must be part of their core duty.
The Coast Guard's South Zone has launched a programme to plant 2,000 fruit, timber and medicinal saplings in Bhola.
The Coast Guard has detained a young man with 55 sundhi turtles, a rare species, at Digraj Bazar in Mongla.
The Coast Guard has seized seven deer skins and 10 kg of deer meat from the bank of Haringhata canal in Patharghata, Barguna.
Bangladesh Coast Guard opened its Tree Plantation Programme 2021 at its headquarters, with planting to follow at all its zones and stations.
