FisheriesBhola fishers say 25 kg of rice will not last the 22-day hilsa ban
Fishing is banned from 8 to 29 October to protect spawning hilsa; 143,656 of Bhola's 168,370 registered fishers get 25 kg of rice each, and fishers want 50 kg plus cash.
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Trader fined Tk 10,000 in Madarganj for hoarding rice meant for idled fishermen
A mobile court in Madarganj, Jamalpur, fined a food trader Tk 10,000 and seized 250 kilograms of rice for illegally buying and hoarding VGF rice allocated to fishermen during the hilsa breeding ban.
FisheriesRajbari's Padma fishers face the hilsa ban short of cards and rice
As the 22-day ban began, rice was allotted to 5,592 of Rajbari's 6,304 card-holding hilsa fishers, and many who have fished for years say they were never given a card.
Fisheries650,000 fishing families to get 25kg of rice each during the 22-day hilsa ban
For the 22-day ban protecting spawning hilsa, the government has allocated 1,657 tonnes of VGF rice for 646,290 fishing families in 168 upazilas of 38 districts, to be handed out by 8 October.
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Hilsa fishing, storage and sale banned for 22 days from 8 to 29 October
The national task force on hilsa fixed the breeding-season ban on Tuesday; fishermen who stay ashore will get VGF food aid, and surveillance in Barishal, Chandpur and Bhola and the removal of illegal nets will be stepped up.
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Hilsa fishing, sale and storage banned nationwide for 22 days from 8 to 29 October; fishermen to get VGF rice
The national hilsa task force has fixed the 2026 mother-hilsa conservation window: no catching, transporting, storing or trading of hilsa in rivers or at sea from 8 to 29 October, joint enforcement in the breeding grounds, and food support for fishermen who stay ashore.
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45,000 Fishermen Receive Government Food Aid in Chandpur
The government has given 25 kg of VGF rice each to 45,615 fishermen in Chandpur who refrain from catching mother hilsa during the ban.