CropsBBS data show Rajshahi district lost 16,159 hectares of cropland between 2015 and 2023 as water bodies and built-up areas grew. Farmers alleged that many ponds were dug at night to escape the administration's notice.
A fish farmer in Naogaon Sadar has raised giant freshwater prawns with carp in a single pond, and his results are drawing farmers from across the district.
FisheriesIn a Jagonews24 opinion piece of 17 December 2025, writer Md. Rahmat Ullah argued that fish and poultry feed makers should answer to the Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock alone, not to both it and BSTI.
A team at Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University is researching biofloc technology that lets people raise fish in drums and tanks on rooftops.
Aquarium fish brighten a home, office or business, and this guide covers choosing a tank, seasonal species, feed and routine care.
Hilsa prices have kept rising even as the season has begun, with falling catches, bad weather and silted rivers blamed, though officials hope for a better September.
The Bangladesh Fisheries Research Institute has developed breeding and farming methods for three more endangered native small fish, bringing the total restored to 31 species.
A former fisheries dean explains how catching fry and draining ponds is wiping out Bangladesh's native fish, and what the government and public can do.
The monsoon is a gift for fish farming, and planned, scientific management can turn rainwater into real profit.
Bangladesh's fish output crossed 50 lakh tonnes in 2023-24 and officials expect it to rise further in 2024-25.
Planned pangas farming in Bangladesh's ponds and water bodies could sharply raise fish output and create jobs for young people and women.
FisheriesBy July 2025, scientists at the Bangladesh Fisheries Research Institute had bred 40 near-extinct native fish species artificially, and fry of 12 of them were being produced at scale in hatcheries across the country.
Young entrepreneur Sagar Hossain of Sundarganj, Gaibandha, has built a profitable ornamental fish business that began with Tk 3,000 and YouTube videos.
