Under the “In Aid to Civil Power”, ships of the Bangladesh Navy are carrying out the Mother Hilsa Conservation Campaign-2025 ...

A 22-day ban on hilsa fishing comes into effect across the country’s rivers and marine waters from Friday midnight ...

Abductions of Bangladeshi fishermen by a rebel army based in Myanmar's Rakhine state have become common in recent months. DW visited several of them.The trickling sound of the Naf river, which ...

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

Bangladesh has banned fishing in the Bay of Bengal for the next two months in an effort to replenish stocks, a minister said Tuesday, triggering protests by hundreds of fishermen. Bangladesh has ...

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 ...

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.

More than 100 olive ridley turtles were found dead in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar Beach in the last few weeks. Conservationists blame the uncontrolled use of fishing nets and increased tourism during the ...

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 ...