DHAKA, Nov 3, 2024 (BSS) – Country’s fishermen are set to resume hilsa fishing across the country as  the 22-day ban on catching, selling, and transporting the national fish will end this midnight.

According to the reports reached here from different coastal areas of the country, the fishermen are now busy preparing nets and boats to go to rivers to catch hilsa.

Earlier from October 12 to November 2, the interim government imposed a ban on the catching, selling, hoarding, and transporting of hilsa, one of the most delicious fishes of country’s people.

The authorities concerned imposed the ban in the Padma-Meghna sanctuary to ensure the safe spawning of the national fish of Bangladesh during its peak breeding period.