Agribusiness
Small and Medium Cattle Draw Buyers in Moulvibazar
Moulvibazar has more sacrificial animals than it needs, but buyers complain that sellers are asking high prices for the small and medium cattle in greatest demand.
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Livestock
Livestock
Cattle Markets Busier, Demand Highest for Medium-Sized Animals
Magura's Ramnagar cattle market is getting busier before Eid-ul-Azha, with more animals than buyers and demand strongest for medium and small cattle.
Livestock
Sales Yet to Pick Up at Pabna's Cattle Markets
Pabna's cattle markets are packed but sales remain slow, with prices of Tk 30,000-35,000 a maund and a large surplus of animals in the district.
Livestock
Farmers Fear Indian Cattle Entering Markets
Sherpur's cattle farmers, already facing high feed costs and weak prices, fear losses if Indian cattle are smuggled in before Eid-ul-Azha.
Agribusiness
What to Know to Avoid Buying a Sick Sacrificial Animal
A Bangladesh Agricultural University expert gives advice on choosing a healthy sacrificial animal and spotting animals fattened artificially with drugs.
Agribusiness
Now a 'Donald Trump' on a Pirojpur Farm
Two big bulls named 'Donald Trump' and 'Lalu', raised naturally on a Pirojpur farm, are drawing visitors ahead of Eid-ul-Azha.
Agribusiness
Clash Over Cattle Market Lease in Munshiganj, 10 Injured Including Three Hit by Spears
At least 10 people were seriously injured, three of them by spears, as two groups clashed over the lease of Baluchar cattle market in Munshiganj's Sirajdikhan.
Agribusiness
Buyers Tour Markets to Check Prices, Small and Medium Cattle in Demand
Sales at Dhaka's North Shahjahanpur cattle market were slow on 22 May as buyers compared prices, with small and medium cattle drawing most interest.
Agribusiness
Indian Cattle on the Rise at Rajshahi Market, Farmers Worried
Local farmers at Rajshahi's City Haat fear losses as Indian cattle appear ahead of Eid-ul-Azha, while officials insist none are allowed in.
Livestock
Eid cattle sacrifices down a million from 2019 as small farmers count the cost
Department of Livestock Services figures show 5.659 million cattle were sacrificed in 2019 but only 4.65 million in 2025; with rearing costs up and buyers switching to goats, marginal farmers say they are cutting back on cattle.
Livestock
Border Tightened, No Indian Cattle at the Markets
Tighter border surveillance has kept Indian cattle out of Panchagarh's Eid markets this year, leaving them full of local cattle and relieving farmers.
Agribusiness
45,000 More Animals Than Needed, but Buyers Scarce at Markets
Mymensingh has a surplus of sacrificial animals, but at the district's biggest cattle market buyers are scarce and farmers are getting low offers.
Livestock
'Jora King' Draws Attention at Chandpur's Sacrificial Animal Markets
Two huge bulls from a Shahrasti farm, dubbed "Jora King", are drawing crowds in Chandpur ahead of Eid-ul-Azha with an asking price of about Tk 13 lakh.