Bangladesh has started exporting ilish to India after temporarily relaxing the ban on its export, with less than a month left for Durga Puja – the biggest religious festival of the Hindu community.

The sudden decline of ilish production in Padma-Meghna rivers in Chandpur district has made a warning sign that the fish may migrate to other countries and disappear from Bangladesh in future. This ...

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 ...

The Bangladesh government has officially confirmed that no hilsa (ilish) fish will be exported to India during this year's Durga Puja festival. This decision aims to ensure sufficient supply for ...

Connoisseurs consider Bangladesh's Padma Ilish tastier than its Indian counterpart from West Bengal's Hooghly. Das said unlike Bangladesh which keeps vigil on fishing and enforces fishing bans and ...

Hilsa is Bangladesh’s national fish. Locally known as ilish, it is cherished as the queen among fish and forms part of the culinary identity of both Bangladesh and the bordering Indian state of ...

Bengal will not be denied its plate of Padmar ilish this Puja season, after all. The interim government in Bangladesh has decided to export 3,000 tonnes of ilish (hilsa) to Bengal “on the occasion of ...

The ban means that Calcutta and its adjoining areas — 100 tonnes of hilsa are consumed each day during this season, 70 per cent of which is sourced from Bangladesh — must do without the prized Padma-r ...

Imagine you get a craving for the delicious Shorshe Ilish (hilsa in mustard gravy ... they will seek approval from Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) to market this fish.

It is one of the most favourite dishes of Bengalis and is cooked in almost every home in both Bangladesh and West Bengal. Ilish was recognized as a GI-product of Bangladesh in 2016. It also ...

The Bangladesh government has officially confirmed that no hilsa (ilish) fish will be exported to India during this year’s Durga Puja festival. This decision aims to ensure sufficient supply for ...