LivestockA Tangail farmer who had raised the black-and-white bull Manik for about ten years said in May 2026 that she had sold it for Tk 11.2 lakh to the Alauddin Ahmed Foundation in Kumarkhali, Kushtia, which planned to cook its meat for orphans and the poor on the third day of Eid-ul-Azha.
Traders at Dhaka's Gabtoli market say rain and a shortage of buyers caused cattle prices to collapse on the last day before Eid, to buyers' relief.
LivestockA day before Eid-ul-Azha 2026, rain left the Kajla and Shanir Akhra sacrificial animal markets in Dhaka's Jatrabari deep in mud on 26 May, and buyers and traders often could not agree on prices despite ample supply.
AgribusinessTwo days before Eid-ul-Azha 2026, a Jago News reporter who spent an hour on roads in Lalbagh, Dhanmondi, Ramna and Tejgaon on 26 May saw buyers bringing home only eight to ten cows, and only one of them was walked home.
AgribusinessBefore Eid-ul-Azha 2026, a Pabna trader at the Sun Valley Balur Math market near Aftabnagar in Dhaka asked Tk 11 lakh and Tk 10 lakh for two large cows he said were Brahman and would give up to 25 maunds of meat; buyers called the prices out of reach.
Both sides of Dholaikhal road in Old Dhaka are lined with cows as trucks arrive from the districts and families turn a trip to the market into part of their Eid celebration.
Rain turned Dhaka's largest cattle market at Gabtoli into mud on 26 May, but buyers and sellers kept coming a day before Eid-ul-Azha.
LivestockTwo days before Eid-ul-Azha, on 26 May 2026, Madaripur's cattle markets were crowded; the district had 72,495 animals ready against a demand of 66,880, and an 18-maund Holstein Friesian bull drew buyers at Habiganj market.
LivestockDhaka North City Corporation administrator Shafiqul Islam Milton said no complaints of extortion had been received from the cattle markets in the two city corporation areas before Eid, and that an allegation of Tk 15,000 per tying-post at Gabtoli was found untrue on investigation.
The government and related agencies are working together to give buyers and sellers a comfortable environment at Dhaka's cattle markets, the state minister for local government said.
Traders bringing sacrificial cattle to Dhaka say truck fares have risen by Tk 6,000 to Tk 8,000 a load since last year because of higher fuel prices.
LivestockTwo days before Eid-ul-Azha in 2026, sales were rising at Sherpur's cattle markets and medium-sized cows were in most demand; the district livestock department put demand at 62,000 animals against a supply of about 93,000.
A wide gap between what traders ask and what buyers offer has kept sales slow at Dhaka's Kachukhet sacrificial animal market.
