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The Binirail village in Kaliganj, Gazipur, came alive with its annual fish fair on Tuesday. Photo: TBS
Events

The Binirail 'Jamai Mela': A cultural legacy for more than 200 years

The rare fish was caught on Thursday (12 December). Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Koral weighing 33kg caught in Sundarbans river

Boat anchored in the Joy Bangla Canal at the entrance of Motirhat Bazar on 12 October. Photo: TBS
Agriculture

'Buying new clothes, adorning boats, mending nets': Fishermen’s festivities begin with 22-day break

Truck carrying 12 metric tonnes of Hilsa on 26 September. Photo: UNB
Bangladesh

First consignment with 12 mts of hilsa exported to India through Benapole port

Farzana Akhter’s brand ‘River Fish’ currently offers more than 80 varieties of local fish from rivers and haors. Photo: Mehedi Hasan
Panorama

River Fish: From the rivers to your doorstep

Representational image. File Photo: TBS
Agriculture

Jashore leads in fish production in Khulna division

An Irrawaddy Dolphin breaches the water near Monpura, Hatiya. Though called a ‘river dolphin’, it is actually an oceanic dolphin that lives in brackish water near coasts, river mouths, and estuaries. PHOTO: MUNTASIR AKASH
Earth

Securing a safe future for the river dolphins of Bangladesh

Photo: BSS
Bangladesh

50 more fish sanctuaries established in Rajshahi division

Kakarna Alkananda, a member of the Goud family, keeps a child's mouth open with the help of a pen as she prepares to insert a live fish stuffed with a yellow herbal paste into the mouth, in Hyderabad, India, Saturday, June 8, 2024. Every year thousands of asthma patients arrive here to receive this fish therapy from the Bathini Goud family, which keeps a secret formula of herbs, handed down by generations only to family members. The herbs are inserted in the mouth of a live sardine, or murrel fish, and slipped into the patient's throat. Photo: AP /Mahesh Kumar A
Offbeat

Asthma 'miracle cure'? People flock to India's Hyderabad to swallow live fish

A fish market in Cox's Bazar. Photo: Nupa Alam/TBS
Agriculture

Abundant hilsa catches from sea, still no smile for fishermen and traders in Cox's Bazar

Overall fish consumption in Bangladesh has increased over decades but the younger generation are less interested in eating fish. However, a change in the cooking method of fish might be helpful. Photo: Syed Zakir Hossain
Panorama

What the 'fish paradox' tells us about fish eating habits in Bangladesh

Representational Photo: Collected
Economy

FBCCI seeks two economic zones dedicated to fisheries for export

Fisherman Marko Krstic holds Mediterranean parrotfish in Molunat, Croatia, March 14, 2024. REUTERS/Antonio Bronic
Environment

New fish invade the Adriatic Sea, threatening local species