LivestockIn July 2026 the owner of a snake venom farm in Patuakhali, Abdur Razzak Biswas, said it could collect venom worth about Tk 8 crore a month, but three months after registration with the Department of Livestock Services no drug company had offered to process it.
EnvironmentOn the evening of 4 July 2026, the sick circus elephant Badsha Bahadur was handed to the Department of Livestock Services at Mahasthan in Bogura, to be taken to the National Zoo in Dhaka for treatment on Prime Minister Tarique Rahman's instruction.
CropsAt the closing workshop of a hilsa development project in Dhaka on 22 June 2026, Fisheries and Livestock Minister Mohammad Amin Ur Rashid said hilsa should be developed as an export resource through long-term, science-based planning.
The state minister for fisheries and livestock has ordered an end to the production of fishing nets that harm hilsa breeding and conservation.
AgribusinessAbout 92 lakh of the 1.23 crore animals prepared for Eid-ul-Azha on 28 May 2026 were sacrificed. According to the Department of Livestock Services and traders, some 31 lakh animals were left unsold, leaving farmers facing losses and the extra cost of feed and care.
LivestockFarmers in five Rangpur upazilas were replacing rice with Napier grass, Jagonews24 reported in May 2026; by the district livestock office's figures the area grew from 107.40 acres in 2023-24 to more than 137.90 acres in 2025-26.
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.
LivestockDr Mohammad Mahbubul Alam, deputy director of the Central Artificial Insemination Laboratory in Savar, fell ill on official duty at the Radio Colony cattle market on 27 May 2026 and died on the way to hospital; the fisheries and livestock ministers mourned his death.
LivestockA cattle market on the Karimpur football ground in Narsingdi Sadar drew large crowds on 27 May 2026, the eve of Eid-ul-Azha. The organisers said they paid the government lease of about Tk 80,000 themselves, so sellers paid no levy.
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.
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.
LivestockA sudden midday downpour on 26 May 2026 turned Dhaka's Shahjahanpur, Kamalapur and Kachukhet sacrificial animal markets to mud, drove buyers away and left traders fearing losses and sick cattle.
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.
