Hilsa, Bengal’s beloved fish, is vanishing. Once a staple of festivals, feasts, and everyday meals, the Hilsa—locally known as ‘ilish’—is now becoming harder to ...

Exploring northeast India is one of the greatest travel experiences, particularly in the states of Assam and Meghalaya. In ...

Nijhum Dwip and the 3,188 km² expanse surrounding the island is more than just water. It is a biologically rich ecosystem that supports species like dolphins, rays, marine turtles, threatened ...

In a hard-to-reach cave of northeastern India, a “slender” river creature with “fleshy” lips tucked itself under a rock. A ...

They say it risks erasing a symbol of Bangladesh’s pluralistic ... Other motifs focused on the national fish hilsa, also known as the ilish, figures of horses and tigers, and the watermelon ...

As Bangladesh welcomes the Bengali New Year with fervour, the festive mood can even be felt in jail. Inmates were served Panta-Ilish, a traditional dish of watery rice and Hilsa fish, in the ...

Is there any food as versatile or varied as seafood in a can? Depending on what’s in it, a tin of fish could be equally at home on a camping trip, at a cocktail party, in a lunch box ...

Connoisseurs consider Bangladesh's Padma Ilish tastier than its Indian counterpart ... on fishing and enforces fishing bans and rules on fish size, fisherfolk in India do not always follow rules ...

“A lot of fish is [still] going from Bangladesh to India [despite the ban]. This time, we will not allow hilsa to cross the border.” Of course, I had already smuggled in a two-kilo contraband ilish by ...

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 ...