Fisheries
Pangas and Coral Instead of Hilsa With Panta, UNO Wins Praise
The upazila administration in Pirojpur's Zianagar served panta bhat with coral and pangas fish rather than hilsa at its Bangla New Year event.
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Agribusiness
Hilsa Now a 'Dream Fish'
Sky-high prices have put hilsa, the traditional Pohela Boishakh fish, out of reach of many shoppers in Dhaka's markets.
Agribusiness
Hilsa Prices High, Broiler Chicken Cheaper
Broiler and Sonali chicken prices have fallen in Dhaka's markets, but hilsa, the Pohela Boishakh favourite, remains as expensive as before.
Fisheries
Five Fishermen Jailed for Catching Jatka in Chandpur
A mobile court in Chandpur Sadar jailed five fishermen for catching jatka in a Meghna river sanctuary in breach of the ban.
FisheriesSarpunti replaces hilsa at a Boishakh breakfast as prices soar, professor writes
Priced out of hilsa, a Rajshahi University department served sarpunti with panta for Pohela Boishakh 2026. In a Jagonews24 column, a professor there tied the switch to hilsa prices, inequality and food culture, in a month when hilsa output had hit an eight-year low.
FisheriesBhapa Ilish for Boishakh: Hilsa Steamed in Banana Leaf with Mustard
Hilsa coated in mustard paste, coconut paste and mustard oil, wrapped in banana leaf and steamed for 20 minutes over a medium flame: a simple bhapa ilish recipe published on 13 April 2026, the day before Pohela Boishakh.
Agribusiness
Boishakh Pushes Up Prices Even in the 'Home of Hilsa', Tk 3,500 a Kg
Traders in Bhola raised hilsa prices sharply ahead of Pohela Boishakh, with a one-kg fish reaching Tk 3,500, the highest in several years.
CookingThree bhorta recipes for Pohela Boishakh: hilsa mustard, loitta shutki and rui
A day before Pohela Boishakh 2026, Jagonews24 shared three simple fish bhortas to eat with panta bhat or hot rice: flaked hilsa with white mustard paste, blended loitta shutki and mashed fried rui, as hilsa prices rose ahead of the festival.
Agribusiness
One Kg-Size Hilsa for Tk 4,500!
Ahead of Pohela Boishakh, a single one-kg hilsa was selling for Tk 4,500 at a Dhaka superstore as prices rose across the capital's markets.
FisheriesStop catching jatka and hilsa will return, SAARC fisheries specialist writes
Writing on 12 April 2026, during Jatka Conservation Week, SAARC Agriculture Centre fisheries specialist Dr Md Shariful Islam argued that sparing and refusing to buy young hilsa would refill Bangladesh's rivers, as official output fell to an eight-year low of 5 lakh tonnes.
FisheriesHilsa output at an eight-year low: the minister's assurance and the hard facts
Bangladesh produced about 5 lakh tonnes of hilsa in 2024-25, the lowest in eight years, the fisheries minister said on 6 April 2026. In a Jago News column on 11 April, the paper's deputy editor argued that the assurance now had to be matched by action.
FisheriesSilt, warmer water and overfishing push Bangladesh's hilsa towards scarcity
Hilsa output fell for a second year to 5 lakh tonnes in 2024-25 and the average fish has shrunk, researchers and Department of Fisheries officials told Jagonews24 in April 2026, blaming silted rivers, pollution, climate change and overfishing.
FisheriesMinister urges hilsa research to raise output and bring the fish within reach
At a Jatka Conservation Week workshop in Dhaka on 8 April 2026, Fisheries and Livestock and Agriculture Minister Mohammad Amin Ur Rashid asked scientists to find ways to raise hilsa and jatka numbers without spoiling the fish's taste, so that hilsa comes within reach of ordinary people.