No consignment of Chandpur or Padma hilsa has reached Rangpur's City Bazar in a year, traders say, yet Chattogram and Cox's Bazar fish are sold under those names, lit to look fresh.
AgribusinessScammers posing as farm and heavy equipment sellers have taken tens of thousands of dollars from farmers in several states, and the Federal Trade Commission has issued a consumer alert.
One Texas producer lost about $70,000, Commissioner Sid Miller says; officials list the tells, odd ears, eyes and tails, missing brands and tags, repeated animals, warped fences, and tell buyers to demand video, references and independent inspection before sending money.
A fraud ring using fake Facebook pages and cut-price offers for Chandpur hilsa is taking buyers' advance payments and damaging genuine online fish sellers.
Police have arrested four members of a ring that defrauded people online for a long time by selling hilsa and other goods in Chandpur's name.
Thirty tonnes of GR rice allocated for flood victims in Nageshwari, Kurigram, has lain in a warehouse for more than a month without being distributed, local representatives allege.
Much of the world's Medjool dates come from Israel, and a significant share is grown on occupied Palestinian land and sold with its origin disguised, Al Jazeera reports.
Dhaka's New Market police have arrested two men accused of cheating a buyer of Tk 2 lakh through a Facebook page advertising hilsa.
Traders at the Chandpur fish landing centre have listed 41 businesses and Facebook pages selling hilsa so that online buyers are not cheated.
A fake healer in Kaliakair halted a snakebite victim's funeral, promising to revive him, then vanished with Tk 15,000 he said was for cowrie shells.
Wholesalers at Kansat mango market count 52-54 kg as a maund instead of 40 kg, and farmers say they are held hostage.
A trader in Nabiganj upazila of Habiganj was fined Tk 5,000 for buying sick chickens cheaply and selling them at a profit, and more than a hundred sick and dead birds were buried.
