Friday, June 5, 2009

HILSA IN BENGAL ABSENT

Monsoon is at West Bengal’s doorstep but the ‘hilsa’ from Bangladesh, the Bengali’s culinary delight — usually abundant in the city’s fish markets at this time of the year — is almost absent.This is reported mainly to due to minimum export price(MEP) imposed by bangladesh government.A kg of hilsa fish costs around Rs.380 - 400.