Panta bhat

Sarpunti 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.