Fishermen caught a giant boal fish (helicopter catfish) weighing 19 kg from the sea on Wednesday night. On Wednesday night, some fishermen from Patharghata in Barguna district went to the sea to catch fish and netted the huge boal fish, said Zafar Ali, one of the fishers of FB Alauddin trawler. Later, the fish was auctioned at Bagerhat KB Bazar on Friday. Al-Amin, a fish trader of KB Bazar bought the fish for Tk 85,000, said Anup Kumar Biswas,  general secretary of Bagerhat KB Bazar Matsya Artdar Samiti. Read: 140kg boal fish netted in Cox's Bazar He said that if the fish was a male species, it would have been sold at a price of around Tk 2 lakh. Abed Ali Sheikh, president of Bagerhat KB Bazar Artdar Samiti, said the price of that fish is high because various medical equipment including surgical thread used in operations is made from the lungs of the fish. Meanwhile, people crowded to see the giant fish at the Bazar

Love knows no geographical boundaries, and the story of 27-year-old Bangladeshi man and 26-year-old Mauritian woman is the ideal example. Mustakin Fakir of Faridpur fell in love with Mauritian woman Sohela brought up in a Muslim family in Port Luis in 2020, when he was working in that African country. Two years on, the duo finally tied the knot. Mustakin, son of Khabir Fakir of Rashanagar village in Nagarkanda upazila, went to Mauritius some three years ago and joined a construction company as a mason. Read: From Brazil to Beelpar, carried by the power of love Sohela, who obtained her honours degree from a university in Mauritius, was then working at a private company. After two years of affair, Mustakin and Sohela sought permission from their respective families to marry the person they love. On June 4, Sohela came to Faridpur for the marriage. People from different parts of the district thronged Mustakin’s house to have a glimpse of the foreign bride. "Sohela will be here for a month, after which she will go back to Mauritius," Mustakin said.