Shawdesh desk:

The government of Bangladesh has approved the export of 3,000 tonnes of Hilsa fish to India on the occasion of the upcoming Durga Puja, the commerce ministry said in a statement on Saturday.

The interested applicants have been advised to contact the relevant wing (deputy secretary, Export Wing-2, Room No-127, Building-3, ministry of Commerce) of the ministry to obtain export permissions by 12:00 noon on September 24, it read.

It said that no new application would be considered after the aforesaid date, the statement said.

It said that those who had already applied before the ministry to this end need not to apply again.