FisheriesTo protect genuine fishers' rights, raise fish output and make revenue collection transparent, the government has decided to lease 25 state-owned jalmahals for six years under a development project, through an open, online process.
A low-pressure system over the Bay may deepen within 24 hours; the administration has warned fishers and tourists along the Digha-Shankarpur coast.
A fishermen's cooperative holding a three-year lease on the second section of the Ghasi river in Madhyanagar, Sunamganj, has e-mailed a complaint to the upazila administration accusing a local BNP leader of entering the leased water and taking fish with China duari nets.
Twenty-five fishers, processors and officials from Muleba and Bukoba districts worked with WorldFish, EMEDO and Tanzania's Department of Fisheries in May 2026 to map erratic rain, warming water and shifting lake levels into a locally led adaptation plan.
