The export price of hilsa has been set at $10 per kilogram, equivalent to Tk 1,180.

Shimmering piles of silver fish are snapped up for exorbitant prices in India's port of Kolkata, the unlikely side effect of a diplomatic fallout after a student-led revolution in neighbouring Bangladesh

Hilsa will be exported, with the Bangladesh government receiving the export revenue

The decision to allow 3,000 tonnes of hilsa to be exported to India from Bangladesh ahead of the upcoming Durga Puja festivities was made considering the greater interests of the country, according to Salehuddin Ahmed, commerce adviser to the interim government.

A Supreme Court lawyer today served a legal notice to the government asking it to take necessary measures to stop the export of hilsa fish to India in three days

The government has approved conditional export of 3,000 tonnes of hilsa to India citing the upcoming Durga Puja.

Traders in Bangladesh are seeking permission from the government to export Hilsa to India on the eve of the Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of Hindu devotees, when the demand for the popular fish goes up.