stepping into the local fish market, cutting through the crowds, getting a great deal for fresh Hilsa or Ilish, and bringing it home to a kitchen where everything is ready for the special Ilish ...

In Buddhist Jataka, Buddha once turned himself into a red fish and offered his flesh to people to save them from starvation ...

Consignments of fresh hilsa, flown in from Myanmar, have taken fish-loving Kolkatans by a rather pleasant - if unseasonal - surprise. Fresh varieties of the much sought-after fish is usually sold ...

Hilsa is a bond shared across borders by the two Bengals – a unifying thread between India and Bangladesh, intact even now, 75 years since Independence. A delicate slice of fish slathered in ...

"Hilsa is mainly a marine and migratory fish. It migrates from brackish water to freshwater rivers for breeding and laying eggs. After breeding, it returns to the sea. It lays eggs more or less ...

With Hilsa fish in high demand and fetching premium prices ... of various environmental parameters like chlorophyll, salinity, fresh water influx, rainfall, ocean currents, ocean tides and so ...

A hilsa less than 10 inches in size is called jatka (small hilsa), and the age of such a hilsa remains around 8-9 months ...

Hilsa fish curry, or ilish machher jhol, is a classic Bengali dish that's often served on special occasions and during festivals. Image Credit: Getty While Hilsa is easily available in West Bengal, ...

There is a huge demand for Bangladeshi hilsa fish in China. Bangladesh has the opportunity to reduce the trade gap through hilsa export,” he said ...

Hilsa shad (Tenualosa ilisha), a flagship species ... ilisha), a flagship species in Bangladesh and its national fish, marking a new milestone of international cooperation in the species' study ...