FisheriesAbout 7,000 people in Osmanpur union, Mirsarai, Chattogram, now farm fish on some 15,000 acres at home and about 40,000 acres in all, and more than a hundred have become crorepatis.
EnvironmentSolar panels floated on discarded plastic drums on a pond at Walton Hi-Tech Park in Chandra, Gazipur, generate 2.25 megawatts while fish are farmed in the same water, so no extra land is needed.
FisheriesKenya and Ghana want to copy the Bangladeshi system that breeds fast-growing GIFT tilapia and takes it to farmers, with research institutes, universities, private hatcheries and fish farmers working as one.
FisheriesA study led by Professor Badiuzzaman Khan of BAU found microplastics in the sediment of all 25 fish ponds sampled in Trishal, Mymensingh, averaging 11.04 particles per kilogram, and 90 particles in 150 farmed fish of six species.
FisheriesIn Jashore's Sharsha, where ponds produce about 29,687 tonnes of fish a year, only two of six sanctioned posts at the upazila fisheries office are filled, some vacant for 11 years, hampering farm visits, advice and training.
Agrotech'The Golden Loop', a team of Bangladeshi students led by BAU, turned waste jute sacks into geotextile to stop pond banks eroding and jute sticks into biochar to clean pond water, reaching the top six of 119 teams in the Food Systems Innovation Challenge 2026 in the Netherlands.
OpinionIn a Krishi Jagran column, Tarun Shridhar says Northeast India could feed itself with fish and export ornamental species if cold storage, credit, cage culture and market links were built at district level.
The hosting agreement, signed in Abuja on 2 October, lets WorldFish set up a science and innovation platform in Nigeria, which spends about $1 billion a year on fish imports.
FisheriesA Japanese start-up has built an indoor aquaponics system that raises trout and strawberries together, using a specially formulated fish feed so the crop needs no added fertiliser.
A rumour that a mermaid had been seen in a 200-year-old pond at Monohardi in Narsingdi has drawn thousands of visitors a day for five days, disturbing the fish being farmed in it.
Tilapia, silver carp, rui and other fish floated dead at a farm by Dhamai tea estate in Juri, Moulvibazar; the fisheries officer says poisoning or low oxygen with high ammonia could be the cause.
VegetablesIn Homna, Cumilla, farmer Wali Ullah raises fish in a 16-decimal pond beside his house and grows vegetables on its banks, feeding his family and earning extra income.
FisheriesUnder a revenue-budget programme, the upazila fisheries office gave 10 to 15 cm rohu, catla, mrigal and kalibaus fingerlings to ponds of institutions in the municipality and unions.
