Hilsa Price Falls by Tk 150-200 a kg After Raid
Hilsa prices at Chandpur's Boro Station fish landing fell by Tk 150-200 a kg during a consumer directorate raid, then went back up once it ended.
Hilsa prices at Chandpur's Boro Station fish landing fell by Tk 150-200 a kg during a consumer directorate raid, then went back up once it ended.
Five hilsa traders at Karwan Bazar and Jatrabari were fined Tk 42,000 after the consumer directorate found evidence of overpricing.
The consumer rights directorate inspected Barishal's Port Road wholesale fish market after hilsa prices rose on news of exports to India.
Wholesale hilsa prices in Chandpur rose by Tk 200-300 a kg on news of exports to India, pushing the fish further beyond ordinary buyers.
A columnist argues that despite big catches, hoarding syndicates keep hilsa out of reach of ordinary people and calls for cheap government sales.
Army members seized more than a tonne of hilsa being smuggled to India through Kasba in Brahmanbaria on 23 September and detained one man.
Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan said hilsa is going to India as an export that will earn the government money, not as a gift, while visiting the broken Musapur regulator in Noakhali.
A columnist asks why 3,000 tonnes of hilsa are going to India for Durga Puja against the fisheries adviser's wishes, and reflects on the bonds between the two Bengals.
Finance and Commerce Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed said hilsa is being exported to India by a decision at the highest level, and emotional talk serves no purpose.
Folk singer Kuddus Boyati has criticised the decision to export hilsa to India in a social media post saying ordinary people get nothing but pangas and tilapia.
A Supreme Court lawyer has sent a legal notice asking government officials to take steps to stop hilsa exports to India.
The government has banned all hilsa catching, transport, sale and storage for 22 days from 13 October to 3 November to protect breeding fish.
Fisheries and Livestock Adviser Farida Akhter said the Commerce Ministry permitted hilsa exports at India's special request for Durga Puja.