Five Cumilla Shops Fined for Overpricing Chicken
The Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection fined five businesses in Cumilla Tk 13,000 for not displaying price lists and selling chicken at inflated prices.
The Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection fined five businesses in Cumilla Tk 13,000 for not displaying price lists and selling chicken at inflated prices.
Marginal poultry farmers have called for the syndicate to be broken, accusing 10-12 big companies of setting chick, egg and broiler prices at will.
Leaders of the Bangladesh Poultry Association, a small farmers' body, accuse big poultry companies of taking Tk 520 crore from consumers and small farmers in 15 days by raising prices.
The Bangladesh Poultry Industries Central Council says opportunistic middlemen profited from the sudden rise in egg and broiler prices while farmers were not to blame.
Broiler chicken prices have soared in the market, but Tangail farmers say they still sell at Tk 130-140 a kg while their feed and chick costs keep rising.
About 800 broiler chickens died on a poultry farm in Sonagazi, Feni, during intense heat and load-shedding, causing a loss of about Tk 2 lakh.
The consumer rights directorate fined two egg wholesalers in Tejgaon and a chicken shop in Karwan Bazar Tk 10,000 each after finding they set prices at will without receipts.
Farm egg prices in Cumilla have jumped to Tk 50 a hali in a week, while feed dealers say poultry feed prices have not changed, and buyers blame a syndicate.
A hali of eggs now costs Tk 54-56 in Dhaka's neighbourhood markets as higher fuel, feed and transport costs cut production and supply.
Chicks huddle when too cold, pant when too hot and spread out when the temperature is right, so farmers can read brooder heat from their behaviour.
Turkey hens mainly lay fewer eggs because they are underfed, so farmers should give balanced feed in the right amount along with proper care.
Broiler and Sonali chicken prices rose over the week in Dhaka while green chillies touched Tk 250 a kg, as most vegetable and fish prices held steady.
Dhaka North City Corporation mayor Atiqul Islam said the Gabtoli cattle market will be made a 'digital haat' after digital payments worked at six markets during Eid-ul-Azha.