fishing

Bamboo craftsmen being battered by higher input costs

Life has become exceedingly difficult for craftsmen that make different bamboo products used in agriculture and fishing as production costs have soared in recent years.
26 January 2023, 03:30 AM

Climate loss and damage are clearly visible in southwest Bangladesh

People living in climate-vulnerable areas urgently need government support
9 September 2022, 18:24 PM

2 killed over fishing in Mymensingh clash

At least two people are killed and 25 injured in a clash that took place in Phulbari upazila of Mymensingh today over fishing in a water body.
17 June 2016, 11:55 AM

Fish farming in cages fetch big success for Pabna man

When Hafizur Rahman began putting boxes made of iron rods and nets in the Boral river near his village named Ratanpur in Pabna five years back, villagers took him as a joke. What was he doing? Rahman assured them that it was nothing crazy.
18 May 2016, 06:35 AM

To eat or not to eat Hilsa this Pahela Baishakh

Pahela Baisakh in Dhaka at the Suhrawardi Udyan fare with Hilsa and panta bhat. A writer-poet, now living in Canada, made the claim sometime back that it was he and his group of friends who started the fad.
12 April 2016, 04:57 AM

Evict illegal occupations from bank of Padma: HC

The High Court directs the government to evict all illegal structures on the bank of river Padma and fences built for fishing in the river between Madaripur and Munshiganj in 30 days.
12 November 2015, 07:01 AM

2 kids, father drown in Chalan Beel

Bodies of a man and his two children are recovered from Chalan Beel in Tarash upazila of Sirajganj.
11 August 2015, 06:26 AM

Hilsa: Killed by gill nets (video)

Banned in the country for its consequences, gill nets are still aplenty in Bangladesh.
21 April 2015, 08:46 AM