Enjoy Hilsa Khichuri This Monsoon
A recipe for hilsa khichuri, rice and lentils layered with spiced hilsa, for the monsoon season.
A recipe for hilsa khichuri, rice and lentils layered with spiced hilsa, for the monsoon season.
Hilsa exports from Bangladesh have largely stopped amid weeks of unrest, leaving Kolkata's markets short of the fish and prices soaring.
Fisheries and livestock adviser Farida Akhter said on her first day in office that she will not approve hilsa exports while people at home cannot get the fish.
An easy recipe for Kashmiri hilsa, hilsa pieces cooked in Kashmiri chilli paste and mustard oil, to eat with hot rice.
A round-up of important news from around the world for Jagonews readers on 31 July 2024.
Fishers at Namkhana in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district are again netting hilsa by the tonne at the start of the season.
Social Welfare Minister Dr Dipu Moni said the country's fish production has doubled in 15 years, making Bangladesh fifth in the world and first in hilsa among 11 countries.
Chandpur caught 34,326 tonnes of hilsa in a year, District Fisheries Officer Md Golam Mehedi Hasan said on Tuesday morning (30 July).
Fishermen from 29 fishing villages in Mirsarai are catching few hilsa after the 65-day sea fishing ban and are struggling with debt.
After several years of poor catches at this time, fishermen at Digha in West Bengal have netted about seven tonnes of hilsa in a few days of the monsoon.
The 65-day ban on sea fishing ended at midnight on 23 July, but rough seas and the nationwide curfew have left deep-sea fishermen on the Patuakhali coast waiting on shore.
Hilsa arrivals at Chandpur's Boro Station fish landing have picked up, but the curfew has cut transport to other districts and kept buyers away.
Hilsa fishing has resumed after the 65-day ban on sea fishing, bringing life back to the fishing villages on the coast of Chattogram's Mirsarai upazila.