LivestockWorld Farmed Animals Day falls on 2 October; World Animal Protection says about 80 billion land animals are used in farming each year, a large share of them in industrial systems.
Three hundred families in Jamalpur whose three goats from World Vision Bangladesh have grown into herds of 12 to 15 are each giving a goat to a poorer neighbour.
Avian influenza and goatpox vaccines developed by the Bangladesh Livestock Research Institute (BLRI) have been handed over for commercial production and delivery to farmers.
LivestockA farm in Mirsarai, Chattogram, that started with five cows in 2012 held more than 300 cattle and about 500 animals in all in July 2026, and sold more than 200 cattle and buffaloes at that year's Eid ul-Adha.
The government will pay Tk 25,000 for each cow and Tk 10,000 for each goat or sheep that died in the floods, the disaster management minister announced in Chattogram.
LivestockA Friesian bull named 'Isha Khan', aged three years and eight months and weighing about 42.5 maunds, was being prepared for sale by its owner in Netrokona Sadar before Eid-ul-Azha in May 2026; the district livestock officer put its weight above 1,600 kg.
LivestockA week before Eid-ul-Azha 2026, Jagonews24 set out how farmers should check, feed, load, rest and protect sacrificial animals on the way to market, from health checks to brokers and harmful fattening injections.
The traditional Bamondi-Nishipur cattle market in Meherpur is busy ahead of Eid-ul-Azha, but with more sellers than buyers, farmers facing high feed costs say offers are too low.
LivestockAhead of Eid-ul-Azha in May 2026, Dhamrai upazila of Dhaka had 51,508 animals ready for Qurbani, about 17,000 above local demand, and its livestock officer estimated sales of Tk 500 crore to Tk 600 crore.
A Magura farmer who spends Tk 800 a day feeding his 20-maund bull Kalu is worried because buyers have not yet offered the price he hopes for ahead of Eid-ul-Azha.
LivestockTwo Holstein Friesian bulls named Mama and Bhagne, weighing 1,100 kg and 1,200 kg by the farm's and the district livestock officer's figures, drew crowds to a farm in Bagerhat Sadar in mid-May 2026; the owner set asking prices of Tk 8 lakh and Tk 10 lakh.
LivestockSince 2019 Nusrat Jahan Sathi of Madaripur town has raised cattle each year for Eid-ul-Azha; she sold 35 head at the 2024 Eid and more than Tk 1 crore worth of cattle in all.
About 70 'cattle hotels', known locally as khatals, have grown up around the Satmail cattle market in Sharsha, Jashore, housing traders' animals for a daily fee.
