Hilsa

Hilsa

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Hilsa exports to India hit 63 tonnes in 2 days through Benapole ahead of Durga Puja

Each hilsa weighs between 1.2 kilogram and 1.5 kilogram on average, and each kilogram has been priced at $12.5, equivalent to roughly Tk1,500.

Six Bangladeshi firms made the initial shipment after quality inspections and clearance from fisheries authorities. Photo: UNB

Bangladesh begins Hilsa exports to India ahead of Durga Puja

Hilsa fish. File Photo: TBS

High cost, low catch: Hilsa scarcity hurts fishermen, consumers

Fisheries and Livestock Adviser Farida Akhter speaking at a meeting on 30 June 2025. Photo: UNB

Make Hilsa price affordable for general people: Adviser Farida

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Hilsa returns to Chandpur markets after ban; prices fall, buyers rejoice

Only four traders were seen selling hilsa at the fish market in a Chuadanga market yesterday (13 April). Photo: UNB

Hilsa trade in Chuadanga remarkably bleak during Pahela Baishakh

Rice prices remain high despite increased imports

Rice prices remain high despite increased imports

Fishermen catching hilsa. Photo: TBS

60-day fishing ban in Meghna, other coastal rivers begins

Fisheries and Livestock Adviser Farida Akhter at a press briefing on 17 February 2025. Photo: UNB

Fishing ban in Bay to be reduced to 58 days: Fisheries adviser

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Govt to export 11,000 tonnes of hilsa to KSA, UAE for Bangladesh expatriates

Fisheries and Livestock Adviser Farida Akhter speaks at a programme in the capital's Karwan Bazar on 19 January 2025. Photo: PID

Govt trying to make hilsa affordable for all: Adviser Farida

Fisheries and Livestock Advise Farida Akhter speaks at the 2nd Climate Justice Rally at the auditorium of Liberation War Museum in Agargaon in Dhaka on 7 December 2024. Photo: UNB

Hilsa spawned fewer eggs this year due to irregular rainfall: Livestock Adviser

Fishermen catch swarms of Pangas in the Padma in November 2024. Photo: TBS

Pangas replaces hilsa, brings smiles to fishermen’s faces