Bangladesh, Nov. 1 -- A fish trader has been fined Tk 10,000 for storing rotten hilsa for sale during a raid at Boro Station Fish Market in Chandpur town on Saturday.

Abdullah Al Imran, Assistant Director of the district office of the Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection (DNCRP), imposed the fine under the Consumer Rights Protection Act during an inspection at the market on Saturday afternoon.

According to the DNCRP's district office, trader Md. Nazrul Islam was fined Tk 10,000 for storing rotten hilsa with the intention of selling it to consumers. The seized rotten fish were subsequently destroyed.

During the drive, officials also instructed fish traders to preserve purchase and sales receipts, sell fish at reasonable p...