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Shubhash and others like him found employment at a matka factory, located in Mymensingh district’s Haluaghat upazila. Photo: Mumit M

Panorama

How matkas were saved from extinction thanks to the dried fish industry

A factory in Mymensingh is mass producing matkas with a production capacity to make 5,000 matkas per month, in effect, helping potters sustain a livelihood they feared was dead

Workers at a dried fish plant at Noakhali’s Hatiya upazila pile fried chewa fish. About 36,000 tonnes of dried chewa fish was produced from the upazila this year worth Tk300 crore. Photo: TBS

Bangladesh

A good season for Hatia’s dried chewa fish

A man fills up a basket with dried fish at a dried fish processing plant in Lalpur village under Ashuganj upazila of Brahmanbaria. The village has been producing dried fish from various indeginous species for hundreds of years, but the output has decreased this season because of a scarcity of fishes and cash crunch. Photo: Azizul Shonchay.

Trade

B’baria dried fish traders stare at losses

Industry

Despite market demand, fish processing is limited to shrimp, dried fish

Pran Bandhu Das sits at his dried fish shop while his son Ratan Das is busy sorting the fish. Photo: TBS

Bazaar

Brahmanbaria man’s Shidol wins customers’ heart

A worker lays out fish caught in the sea to dry. According to industry insiders, 70% of the dried fish market now depends on imports. Photo: TBS

Bazaar

Once exporter, dried fish market now depends on imports

Fishes are dried on a platform near the Meghna River in the village. Photo: Azizul Shonchay/TBS

Industry

Long shadow on Brahmanbaria dried fish business

A woman spreads fish (shutki) under the sun to dry at Bogura. The dry fish business of the northern region of the country has been hampered terribly this year by the pandemic and cyclone Amphan. The photo was taken recently. Photo: TBS

Industry

Dried fish traders in northern Bangladesh facing financial crisis

Videos

A Tale of Dried Fishes

Economy

Dry fish processing zone worth Tk198.79cr gets govt nod

Fishes are left under the sun to dry after being processed in Brahmanbaria. The dired fish business in the area's Lalpur village has suffered a huge loss due to pandemic this year. The photo was taken recently. Photo: Azizul Shonchay

Trade