Keeping ornamental fishes in aquarium is now become a common practice, especially in urban areas. But in Bangladesh, this practice is still not much popular to the people of all categories, and still confined between rich and upper-medium class people.
4th Biennial Fisheries Conference and Research Fair 2010 of BFRF
Fourth Biennial Fisheries Conference and Research Fair 2010 of Bangladesh Fisheries Research Forum (BFRF) was held on January 20-21, 2010 at the auditorium of the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council (BARC), Farmgate, Dhaka. Representatives from a large number of key relevant
Field visit to the Beel Mail by RU Fisheries Students
A field visit to the Beel Mail (a famous flood plain situated in Mohonpur Upazila of Rajshahi district, Bangladesh) has been conducted by the B.Sc. Fisheries (Hons.) Part-1 students of the Department of Fisheries, University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh on November
Threatened to Extinct Fishes of Bangladesh
Threatened to extinct fishes of Bangladesh: The IUCN Bangladesh (2000) has made a list of threatened to extinct fishes of Bangladesh. These species are considered as threatened fishes of Bangladesh. The National Categories of Threatened Animals are based on the Global
Kaptai Lake
Bangladesh is enriched with extensive potential water resources distributed all over the country. Kaptai Lake is one of the most important freshwater body which is the largest man-made freshwater resource in the South-East Asia as well as in Bangladesh. The
Small Indigenous Species (SIS) of Fishes
What is SIS? According to Rahman (1989), there are 260 species of freshwater indigenous fishes in Bangladesh. Among them, which grow to a size of 25 cm or 9 inches at mature or adult stage in their life cycle are
Pond Aquaculture in Northwestern Bangladesh: Starting a New Way of Life for Adivasi People
Khitish Tirki (45), an Orao lives in North Amadpur village of Pirganj Upazila under Rangpur district. His primary profession is agriculture and he is the only earning person of his family of six members. He finds very difficulties to maintain