DoF gets hilsha’s GI certificate

The Department of Fisheries (DoF) on Thursday received the Geographical Indication (GI) certificate of hilsha fish.

At a ceremony at CIRDAP auditorium in the capital, the industries minister, Amir Hossain Amu, handed over the certificate to the DoF’s director general Syed Arif Azad.

After Jamdani sari, the fish hilsa secured recognition as the second geographical indication (GI) product of Bangladesh last week.

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