By Khadijatul Kobra Though seafood is a prevalent protein source in Bangladesh, some fishes, like stingrays and sharks, never appealed to most of the population here, barring a few coastal Indigenous ...

Hilsa is everywhere in Bangladesh. It’s on dinner tables, in markets, in poetry, in history, in culture. It is also the backbone of the country’s largest fishery, and it feeds millions. The hilsa ...

The colourful Napit Koi (Badis badis) may be tiny, but it plays an important ecological role in the wetlands of northeastern Bangladesh ...

ILISH, SAY Bengalis, is delish. A bony freshwater fish, it is to the people of Bangladesh (where it is the official national fish) and the Indian state of West Bengal (which designates it the state ...

Bangladesh has taken a big step forward toward preserving and protecting its national fish. Last month, the South Asian country announced an eight-month nationwide ban on catching juvenile hilsa. As ...

Fishing cats in Bangladesh are facing near-extinction as they struggle to adapt to living alongside humans in Bangladesh. Wildlife experts recommend hotspot-based, short-term conservation strategies ...

Dhaka, March 10 -- The SAARC Agriculture Centre (SAC) on Tuesday organised a regional webinar focusing on the growing impacts of climate change on fisheries across South Asia and the need for ...