Agriculture Minister Dr Md Abdur Razzaque said the message that farmed chicken is safe and healthy must reach everyone, as poultry leaders asked for more maize production.
Winter temperatures in parts of Bangladesh fall to 4 to 5 degrees Celsius, so poultry farms need special care in housing, litter, heat, feed and vaccination.
With campus closed during the pandemic, a veterinary student from Gono Bishwabidyalay set up a quail farm in Narsingdi's Shibpur that now earns him about Tk 20,000 a month.
Four ostrich chicks hatched in an incubator between 5 and 7 January at Bangabandhu Safari Park in Gazipur, and more eggs are still incubating.
A cow in Pali district of India's Rajasthan was seriously injured after eating explosives, and doctors are unsure whether the animal can be saved.
Birds that once came to Khagorkuri village near Naogaon town as seasonal guests have now nested and raised young there, and villagers guard them against hunters.
A fishing cat cub that had been carrying off villagers' poultry was caught in a farmer's chicken-baited trap in Gouripur, Mymensingh, and is to be released into the forest.
Bangladesh Agricultural University will soon open two automated poultry houses, built for about Tk 2 crore with industry partners, for hands-on teaching and research.
A college student in Magura started with five chicks in 2017 and now has more than 130 native chickens, earning a monthly profit alongside his studies.
Because rules have failed to stop tannery waste being used in fish and animal feed, the government is preparing a guideline to strengthen monitoring of feed production and sale.
Four of the 44 eggs laid by saltwater crocodile Pilpil at the Karamjal wildlife breeding centre in the eastern Sundarbans have hatched, raising the centre's total to 199 crocodiles.
With cattle in short supply at Dhaka's markets on the eve of Eid-ul-Azha, animals are selling at steep prices and buyers accuse traders of creating a crisis.
With buyers scarce because of Covid-19 and floods, sacrificial cattle are selling cheaply this Eid, pleasing buyers but leaving the farmers who raised them at a loss.
