12-Foot Python Found in Fish Enclosure in Mirsarai
A 12-foot python weighing about 16 kg was rescued from a fish enclosure in Mirsarai, Chattogram, and handed to the forest department.
A 12-foot python weighing about 16 kg was rescued from a fish enclosure in Mirsarai, Chattogram, and handed to the forest department.
A 10-foot python was rescued from a fish warehouse in Barguna's Patharghata and later released into a forest.
Food minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder said Bangladesh ranks second in the world in rice and third in fish, speaking at a sheep distribution event in Naogaon's Niamatpur.
Vegetables are cheaper in Khulna's markets, but fish prices have not fallen as supply is still low after the fishing ban ended.
Vegetables became dearer in Dhaka's markets ahead of Ramadan while broiler chicken held at last week's price and gram was the only item to get cheaper.
Rising prices of coarse rice, broiler chicken, pangas and tilapia and vegetables are hitting low-income shoppers in Dhaka's markets.
Egg, chicken and vegetable prices fell in Khulna's markets over the past week, but fish became dearer as supply dropped, while rice, oil and sugar stayed high.
Broiler and Sonali chicken prices rose over the week in Dhaka while green chillies touched Tk 250 a kg, as most vegetable and fish prices held steady.
A Bhola fisherman who began with 10 pairs of pigeons during a fishing ban now keeps about 80 pairs and earns Tk 30,000 to 40,000 a month.
A joint study in India has found that many hilsa entering freshwater rivers from the sea to spawn never go back to the sea.
A Dhaka South City Corporation mobile court seized fish and chickens in drives against a makeshift market in Dhanmondi and footpath encroachers in Khilgaon.
Three friends in Jashore's Sharsha upazila are farming native shing fish with modern methods and their own feed, and others in the area have followed them.
A giant bhola fish of about 78.2 kg caught in the Indian Sundarbans sold for Rs 36,48,200 at Canning fish market.