Agribusiness
Consumer Rights Drive on Indian Hilsa at Jashore Market
The Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection fined a Jashore fish wholesaler Tk 5,000 for failing to show the set price and import papers for Indian hilsa.
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Crops
Government Fertiliser Found in Thakurgaon Shops, but Officials Never Came to Check
Reporters in Thakurgaon found hundreds of sacks of government fertiliser in open-market shops and alerted officials, who did not come even after a four-hour wait.
Crops1,200 Orange Trees Cut in a Kamalganj Reserved-Forest Eviction; Family Alleges Extortion
A family in Moulvibazar's Kamalganj says the Forest Department destroyed its orchard of about 1,200 orange trees during a 16 July 2026 eviction because it had stopped making monthly payments to a forest official; the department says orchards on reserved forest land are illegal and the drive was lawful.
EnvironmentMalta and Pineapple Gardens Cleared from Kamalganj Reserved Forest, 5 Acres Recovered
A joint drive in the Adampur beat of the Rajkandi range at Kamalganj, Moulvibazar, recovered about five acres of reserved forest on 16 July 2026. According to the Forest Department and local sources, local influential people had long occupied the land with malta, pineapple, lemon and betel nut gardens.
HealthSweet-shop chain offers 3,000 indoor plants with cake purchases in Dhaka
A Dhaka sweets and bakery chain said in May 2026 it would give about 3,000 indoor plants to customers buying cakes at ten outlets, citing the city's air pollution. Research up to that date found potted plants do little to clean indoor air.
FruitsSatkhira mobile court destroys 3,360 kg of mangoes over alleged chemical ripening
A joint force in Kaliganj, Satkhira, seized 3,360 kg of mangoes from a Dhaka-bound pickup on 23 April 2026 and a mobile court had them crushed; officials said the fruit was immature and ripened with ethylene, but did not say whether it had been tested.
FisheriesCoast Guard Seizes 2,200 kg of Jatka and 3.7 Crore Shrimp Fry in Sonargaon
On the night of 18 April 2026 the Coast Guard stopped two trucks under the Kanchpur bridge in Sonargaon, Narayanganj, and seized 2,200 kg of jatka and 3.7 crore illegal shrimp fry worth about Tk 2 crore. The fry were released into the Buriganga.
FisheriesChandpur fisher says 'all the jatka in the river has been caught' despite ban
Fishers and local people on the Padma and Meghna in Chandpur alleged in April 2026 that jatka, young hilsa, was being caught and sold openly during the two-month sanctuary ban; the upazila fisheries office said 140 fishers had been detained in a month.
Fisheries
27 Maunds of Jatka Seized in Madaripur Go to Orphanages
A mobile court in Madaripur's Kalkini upazila seized 27 maunds of jatka, which were then distributed to 14 orphanages.
Crops
Electric Traps Set to Keep Elephants Out Removed by Forest Department
The forest department has removed electrified wire traps that villagers on the Jhenaigati border in Sherpur had set around crop fields to keep wild elephants away.
Fisheries
Jatka Killing Rises as Surveillance Slackens
With little surveillance in Barishal's hilsa sanctuaries, jatka are being caught almost openly, and no fisherman has been punished a month into the two-month ban.
FisheriesCoast Guard seizes 42 maunds of jatka from Dhaka-bound bus in Nalchity, Jhalakathi
The Coast Guard said it seized 42 maunds of jatka, young hilsa, from a Dhaka-bound bus at Dapdapia in Nalchity, Jhalakathi, on 1 April 2026; a mobile court fined the bus's driver, supervisor and helper a total of Tk 5,000.
Fisheries
Jatka Worth Tk 9 Lakh Seized in Sitakunda, Given to Orphanage
Two and a half tonnes of jatka, young hilsa, worth about Tk 9 lakh were seized from a refrigerated covered van on the Dhaka-Chattogram highway and given to an orphanage.