, Oct. 23 -- A mobile court has sentenced 20 fishermen to different terms of imprisonment for catching hilsa in the Padma-Meghna sanctuary in Chandpur, defying a fishing ban.

Of them, 13 fishermen were given 10 days in prison each, while the remaining seven received 15 days' imprisonment each. Each fisherman was also fined Tk 1,000, bringing the total fine to Tk 20,000.

The fishermen are residents of different villages in Laxmipur Model union under Chandpur Sadar upazila.

Md Mizanur Rahman, assistant fisheries officer of Sadar upazila, told UNB that a district task force, led by Assistant Commissioner and Executive Magistrate Md. Najmul Huda, conducted the drive from 4:00pm to 9:00pm on Thursday.

During the drive, the team detained 20...