Dried fish business

Dried fish is being made from pool barb, locally known as Puti, fish at an Umednagar fish farm in Habiganj city. The photo was taken recently. Photo: TBS
Economy

Dried fish production in Habiganj drops by 11-fold in a decade

Some 5,000 families were involved in dried fish production in the district a decade ago, which has declined to less than a hundred now

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