Local fishermen have sought increased assistance amid the bans on hilsa fishing, claiming that the rice provided to them as support under the government's vulnerable group feeding (VGF) scheme is ...

Chandpur, Oct 30 (bdnews24.com)--Around 12,000 crore Jatka will be saved for the next year if 15 percent Hilsha eggs, spawned in the seven coastal Hilsha breeding zones, can be preserved, said Hilsha ...

A mobile court of the Chittagong district administration seized 150 tonnes of Hilsha fish fry (Jatka) from three fishing vessels in the Karnaphuli River from Wednesday night to yesterday. The court ...

Authorities have prohibited Hilsha fishing in the Cox’s Bazar channel of the Bay of Bengal for 11 days starting from October 13. Fishing, transport, stocking or sale of the national fish has been ...

The Hilsha and the Bombay Duck, or ‘Loitta’ are at risk as ocean temperatures rise, according to a study led by Jose Fernandes of the Plymouth Marine Laboratory. With rising temperature, fish seek ...

At least 26 trawlers have been robbed in the Sonarchar Chhoybam area in the Bay of Bengal, 60 nautical miles away from Kuakata. The robbers looted around 100 hilsha fishes from the trawlers and sank ...