Fisherman Jailed for 17 Days for Catching Hilsa During Ban
A mobile court in Kawkhali, Pirojpur, jailed a fisherman for 17 days for catching hilsa in the Kacha river during the ban.
A mobile court in Kawkhali, Pirojpur, jailed a fisherman for 17 days for catching hilsa in the Kacha river during the ban.
FisheriesA mobile court in Haimchar, Chandpur, sentenced two fishermen to 20 days in jail each on 7 October 2025 for catching hilsa in the Meghna sanctuary area during the 22-day breeding ban.
A mobile court in Pirojpur's Indurkani seized 5,000 metres of illegal net and some jatka hilsa on the Kacha river during the fishing ban.
About 245kg of hilsa abandoned by fleeing fishermen in Sitakunda was seized by a mobile court and distributed to local orphanages.
A mobile court fined a cattle market lessee in Ullapara, Sirajganj, Tk 50,000 for collecting excess toll from buyers and ordered the money refunded.
FruitsA mobile court in Gouripur, Mymensingh, on 4 March 2025 jailed the owner of an unlicensed juice factory for three months and fined him Tk 1 lakh after finding drinks made from chemicals with no mango at all.
Several drives on the Padma and Meghna in Chandpur detained 27 fishermen for catching mother hilsa during the ban.
River police detained 12 fishermen for catching hilsa in the Padma-Meghna sanctuary in Chandpur in defiance of the breeding-season ban.
A seller in Kumarkhali, Kushtia, dropped his hilsa and fled on seeing a magistrate's car, and 6 kg of hilsa were recovered from the spot.
A mobile court fined three people for selling hilsa in Faridganj, Chandpur, in a drive at a market in the upazila on 13 October.
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.
Mobile courts in Feni fined four people Tk 70,000 in drives to keep highways free of animal markets and ensure orderly sacrificial markets.
The administration in Satkhira destroyed 7,000 kg of immature mangoes ripened with chemical spray after two separate drives on 29 April.