The Department of Fisheries has formed monitoring teams at divisional and upazila levels to enforce the ban through mobile courts and field operations.

South Asian fishing cats have been caught on camera hunting chicks in tree tops, potentially solving the mystery of how this vulnerable species survives during the monsoon season. When you purchase ...

Bangladesh is losing nearly a third of its fish after harvest, mainly due to the use of illegal nets and wasteful fishing practices, Fisheries and Livestock Adviser Farida Akhter said today (29 ...

Bangladesh is home to around 2,000 Ganga River dolphins and 6,000 Irrawaddy dolphins, found mostly in the Sundarbans, the world’s largest mangrove forest. Both species, considered threatened on the ...

COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh (Reuters) - Bangladesh's border guard accused the Myanmar navy on Wednesday of opening fire on a fishing boat in the Bay of Bengal, underlining tensions over a refugee crisis.

A study reveals that the price of hilsa increases significantly due to multiple handovers before reaching consumers ...

TEKNAF, Bangladesh, January 31 (UNHCR) - Along one of the world's longest stretches of sandy beach, groups of men brace themselves every night for the adventure ahead. They roll up their longyi, a ...

According to the Bangladesh Forest Department, the Sundarbans mangrove forest in Bangladesh shelters about 210 species of white fish, 24 species of shrimp, 14 species of crabs, 43 species of mollusks ...

Bangladesh had recently approved the export of 1,200 tonnes of hilsa to India for the festive season, with the shipment window fixed between September 16 and October 5 ...

All is not well between India and Bangladesh. This time, trouble is along the maritime boundary the two countries share. In the first week of August, 14 Indian fishermen were arrested and a trawler, ...

Natural hazards lead to unexpected and often dire situations for people who have few resources and little control over the environment in which they live. Kutubdia, an island in the southeastern part ...