People Sacrifice in Dhaka and Head Home With the Meat
Many people who sacrificed animals in Dhaka on Eid ul-Adha set off that afternoon for their village homes with meat for their families.
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Many people who sacrificed animals in Dhaka on Eid ul-Adha set off that afternoon for their village homes with meat for their families.
With many people home in their villages for Eid ul-Adha, the holiday is a chance to plant trees rather than cut them down.
Online sales of sacrificial animals reached 463,096 this year, worth more than Tk 4,231 crore, according to the Department of Livestock Services.
The district and upazila administration in Gaibandha's Sundarganj is selling salt at cattle markets to stop sacrificial animal hides going to waste.
Rain turned Dhaka's cattle markets to mud on the eve of Eid-ul-Azha, keeping buyers away and leaving traders fearing losses.
Sellers of hogla mats and khaitta chopping blocks for Eid-ul-Azha say heavy rain in Dhaka has hit sales, while buyers complain prices have risen.
Traders at Dhaka's Gabtali market say downpours on the last day before Eid have driven off buyers and sent cattle prices falling.
Dhaka's streets were quiet on the day before Eid as most residents had left the capital, while long-distance terminals stayed busy.
With street sales banned in Kolkata, temporary animal markets outside the city are selling local cattle at low prices ahead of Eid-ul-Azha.
Cattle markets stretching for kilometres along the Shanir Akhra-Jatrabari road filled with buyers before Eid, though traders and buyers alike complain about prices.
Intermittent rain in Dhaka on the last day of the Eid exodus caused misery for travellers and kept buyers away from cattle markets.
Coca-Cola Bangladesh Beverages has handed more than 20,000 saplings to institutions in Mymensingh division in a tree-planting and environmental awareness programme.
Sacrificial animal markets in Bhairab, Kishoreganj, are busy with last-minute buyers, many of them town residents.