Bangladesh is the world's largest hilsa producer but it restricts the export of the fish due to high local demand

The interim government banned the export of Hilsa or Ilish fish earlier this month after the ouster of Sheikh Hasina as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh.

The development comes days after the interim government, led by Professor Muhammad Yunus, earlier this month imposed a ban on hilsa export to India to meet domestic demand, discontinuing a long-standing tradition of Bangladesh as a "goodwill gesture" to its neighbour.