An eight-month ban on the harvesting, transportation, storage, marketing, and wholesale or retail sale of juvenile hilsa, locally known as Jatka, has officially commenced today to boost the production of the national fish hilsa, ensure the sustainable conservation of aquatic biodiversity, and meet national protein demands.
Garment workers in Kaliakair, Gazipur, have blockaded the Dhaka-Tangail highway for the third consecutive day, demanding a minimum wage of Tk 30,000. With the situation tense, five platoons of the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) have been deployed in the area.
Gazipur Industrial Police Superintendent Amjad Hossain has confirmed that holiday has been declared in at least 18 to 20 factories in Gazipur following garment workers’ protests demanding a minimum wage of Tk 30,000 and subsequent clash with police in Kaliakair, especially in the nearly 13-kilometre stretch from Konabari to Chandra where various garment factory authorities shut operations. Several people were injured in the clash on Saturday (October 31).
The annual dry fish season began on Friday, 30 October, at Dublar Char in the Sundarbans, along the Bay of Bengal, drawing fishermen from across the southwestern coastal districts.
Fishermen have returned to the Bay of Bengal in large numbers after the end of the 22-day ban, which was imposed to protect mother hilsa during their breeding season.
Mahmudul Hasan, chairman of the Bangladesh Atomic Energy Regulatory Authority (BAERA), has confirmed that the formal primary power generation activities (power start-up) have begun at Unit-1 of the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP). At the same time, the electricity generated from this plant has started being used for its own internal operations on Friday (October 30).