Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) formed an investigation committee to work out how much damage the temporary sacrificial animal market at Diabari in Uttara, Dhaka, had caused. The committee was set up through a DNCC office order on Wednesday, 3 June 2026, and was given three working days to submit its report.
What the office order said
According to the order, the temporary market ran from vacant land in the Boubazar area next to sectors 16 and 18 of Diabari to the empty field of C Block in Sector 18 beside the metro rail. While it operated, rubbish piled up along the roads beneath Uttara Centre metro station, trees were broken, and vehicles carrying animals caused further damage. The committee's task was to put a figure on that damage.
The committee was led by DNCC's additional chief waste management officer, with the executive engineer of Zone 6 and the assistant chief waste management officer of Zone 6 as members. It was allowed to co-opt further members if needed. The order was issued by DNCC Secretary Mohammad Mamun-ul-Hasan with the approval of the appropriate authority.
Animals under the metro station before Eid
Bangladesh celebrated Eid-ul-Azha on 28 May that year, and the government declared a holiday from 25 to 31 May. The Business Standard reported that Diabari hosted the capital's largest Eid cattle market that season. Traders tied animals along main roads and beneath the metro station, causing heavy traffic congestion. On 26 May the Uttara Division of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police cleared the animals from under the station, summoned the leaseholder and warned him, and said mobile courts would fine anyone who ignored the directives.
The Dhaka Tribune reported that Mir Shahe Alam, State Minister for Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives, visited the market on 27 May and said no space under or around the station had been leased for cattle trading. He said traders had sheltered there temporarily during heavy rain two days earlier, and that DNCC Administrator Md Shafiqul Islam Khan had personally moved the cattle back inside the designated market area.
Photo: Serajus Salekin Himel / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Sources: Jagonews24, The Business Standard, Dhaka Tribune, The Daily Star
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