LivestockOn 13 July 2026 India's Supreme Court stayed, as an interim measure, a Madras High Court order directing that no cow or calf be slaughtered anywhere in Tamil Nadu on Bakrid or any other day, and issued notice on the state government's appeal.
Few buyers and prices below expectations forced Pabna farmers to bring about 30,000 cattle home unsold from Eid-ul-Azha haats.
AgribusinessOn 29 May 2026, the day after Eid ul-Adha, traders on Barishal's Port Road paid Tk 300 to 450 for a cowhide and almost nothing for goatskins, and angry madrasas said they might stop collecting hides at the next Qurbani.
EnvironmentWaste, dung and mud from a removed cattle market were still lying beside Uttara North metro station on 29 May 2026, the day after Eid-ul-Adha, Jagonews24 reported; residents alleged influential people were behind the market, while the city corporation had said the site was never leased.
AgribusinessOn Eid day, rawhide from sacrificial animals was selling at about last year's rates at Posta in Dhaka's Lalbagh despite higher government-set prices, and with supply down wholesalers said they feared they would not meet their purchase targets.
LivestockMohammad Selim, a trader from Natore who brought ten cows to Dhaka's Shanir Akhra market before Eid-ul-Azha 2026, told Jago News one of them was stolen late on 26 May; he had sold four.
LivestockOn Eid-ul-Adha, 28 May 2026, traders from Dinajpur, Bhola, Kishoreganj and Munshiganj at Dhaka's Kajla and Shonir Akhra markets said many cows had not sold even at a loss, and they were taking them back to their villages.
AgribusinessOn Eid al-Adha, 28 May 2026, traders from Kushtia and Sirajganj at the temporary Kamalapur cattle market in Dhaka said they were taking most of their cows home unsold, and had sold the rest for less than they paid.
AgribusinessOn 27 May 2026, the eve of Eid-ul-Azha, buyers at Dhaka's temporary Dholaikhal cattle market bought sacrificial cows for Tk 35,000 to Tk 50,000, while traders facing few buyers said they were selling at a loss.
AgribusinessWith no offer matching its expected price by 27 May 2026, the eve of Eid ul-Adha, Aditmari farm owner Advocate Mojmul Pramanik decided to sacrifice his giant bull 'Zayed Khan' himself.
With sacrificial animals bought, many Dhaka families are keeping cows in building garages and makeshift sheds in the days before Eid.
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.
The animals Muslims sacrifice at Eid-ul-Azha vary from country to country, from camels and dumbas in Saudi Arabia to sheep in Nigeria and cows in Bangladesh.
