Bangladesh is facing a decline in marine fish stocks and diversity due to lack of knowledge among fishers, proper implementation of the Marine Fisheries Act and rampant use of industrial trawlers and ...

Bangladesh's defence force said it has deployed warships and patrol aircraft as part of a special surveillance operation to protect a prized fish from illegal fishing during its spawning season.

The ' Mother Ilish Conservation Campaign 2025 ' began across the country on October 4th and will run for 22 days until October 25th. During this period, the harvesting, transport, storage, buying, ...

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 ...

In Bangladesh, rapid village expansion shrinks wetlands, forcing fishing cats (Prionailurus viverrinus) closer to humans. This triggers human-cat conflicts occurring every two weeks, with over half of ...

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, ...

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.