Goats Selling From Tk 8,000 to Tk 1.5 Lakh, and Demand Is Good
Demand for sacrificial goats has risen at Dhaka's Gabtoli market, where local goats sell for anything from Tk 8,000 to Tk 1.5 lakh.
Demand for sacrificial goats has risen at Dhaka's Gabtoli market, where local goats sell for anything from Tk 8,000 to Tk 1.5 lakh.
Lal Chan, a bull of about 25 maunds raised on natural feed in Bhola Sadar, is drawing crowds, and its owner wants Tk 15 lakh for it at the Eid market.
With four days to Eid-ul-Azha, cattle are pouring into Dhaka's Gabtoli market, but bargaining is intense and no animal is available for less than Tk 80,000.
Sacrificial animal markets are filling up at 57 sites across Sirajganj's nine upazilas, though buyers and sellers have complaints about prices.
Nilphamari's sacrificial animal markets are bustling ahead of Eid, but buyers and traders complain of tolls above the government rate.
Two goats weighing two maunds each, named Tiger and Laltu, have been brought to a Rajshahi market, drawing crowds and offers well below the asking price.
A 32-maund Holstein Friesian bull named Sultan is priced at Tk 25 lakh in Faridpur, with the highest offer so far at Tk 18 lakh.
Tenders for Brahmanbaria municipality's only sacrificial animal market fell short of the expected lease value, so the municipality will run it itself.
Eleven livestock markets in Chuadanga are filling up before Eid-ul-Azha, and traders and farmers say prices for sacrificial animals are good.
A young man in Sitakunda who gave up his job to look after his 30-maund Brahman bull is asking Tk 12 lakh for it.
A bull prepared for the Eid sacrifice at a Madaripur farm has been named "Prince Mamun" and is priced at Tk 15 lakh.
A pair of camels from Pushkar in Rajasthan is being offered at Dhaka's Gabtoli market for Tk 60 lakh, drawing crowds but no buyers so far.
The fisheries and livestock minister said this year's Eid-ul-Azha sacrifice would rely on locally produced animals and that smuggled cattle would be treated as illegal.