Fisheries and Livestock Minister Md Abdur Rahman said about 1.30 crore animals are ready against demand of 1.07 crore, and those raising prices through trickery are bound to lose.
Hundreds of traders who brought cattle to Chattogram's Bibirhat market face losses as buyers stay away, amid allegations that a ward councillor controls the market and has blocked its lease.
Sri Lanka's cabinet has approved a proposal to ban cattle slaughter, and the law will now go to parliament for approval.
Masked thieves stole seven cows in one night from a landless farmer in Jhenaidah's Kaliganj, taking away his family's only source of income.
Scientists from Germany and New Zealand say that training cows to use a toilet could help protect the environment, and they have already begun the training.
With Eid-ul-Azha a day away, Dhaka's livestock markets were busy even at midnight, though traders complained of low sales and waterlogged ground.
After days of slow sales, farmers and traders who brought cattle to Dhaka's Qurbani markets are hoping for better prices in the final hours before Eid.
A Kushtia trader who raised a bull called Shanto for two and a half years has brought it to Dhaka's Rahmatganj market hoping to sell it for Tk 6 lakh.
Khulna's cattle markets have plenty of animals but few buyers two days before Eid, with many middle-class families staying away because of the coronavirus.
With buyers scarce because of Covid-19 and floods, sacrificial cattle are selling cheaply this Eid, pleasing buyers but leaving the farmers who raised them at a loss.
Goat sellers at a Dhaka livestock market say buyers are not coming or not offering fair prices, while buyers say sellers are asking too much.
With cattle in short supply at Dhaka's markets on the eve of Eid-ul-Azha, animals are selling at steep prices and buyers accuse traders of creating a crisis.
Farmers and traders who could not get fair prices at Dhaka's livestock markets are walking the capital's streets and lanes to sell their goats.
