LivestockAhead of Eid-ul-Azha in May 2026, farmers at Sherpur's cattle markets said high feed costs and low offers left little profit and feared losses if Indian cattle crossed the border; police said they were working with the BGB to keep cattle smuggling at zero.
LivestockAhead of Eid-ul-Azha in May 2026, Bangladesh Agricultural University professor Dr Mst Minara Khatun advised buyers on choosing a healthy sacrificial animal and spotting animals fattened with steroids or hormones.
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.
LivestockDepartment 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.
Tighter border surveillance has kept Indian cattle out of Panchagarh's Eid markets this year, leaving them full of local cattle and relieving farmers.
Rajshahi has about 92,000 more sacrificial animals than it needs this Eid, and farmers fear they will not recover their rising costs.
A columnist argues that smuggled cattle, on top of a surplus of sacrificial animals, could drive Bangladesh's livestock farmers into losses this Eid.
LivestockA photograph of a black-and-white cow walking along a third-floor corridor of Mymensingh Medical College Hospital, outside the paediatric surgery department, spread on social media in May 2026. A hospital officer said the guards' lapse would be looked into and action taken.
A 30-maund bull named Rajababu, raised for three and a half years by a Nagarkanda farmer, is the biggest Qurbani animal in Faridpur this year, and people crowd daily to see it.
Large numbers of cattle and visitors filled the Aronkola market in Ishwardi, Pabna, ahead of Eid-ul-Azha, but sales were slow and buyers and sellers disagreed over prices.
Five bulls weighing more than 1,000 kg each, raised by Habibur Rahman Misbah, known nationally as 'Kuakata Huzur', are the talk of Kuakata's Eid cattle market.
Rajshahi has a surplus of nearly 92,000 sacrificial animals for Eid-ul-Azha, and with Indian cattle no longer dominating its markets, farmers expect good prices despite higher costs.
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.
