Agribusiness
Roadside Animal Markets: 16 Traders Fined Tk 75,000 in Dhaka South
Three mobile courts of Dhaka South City Corporation fined 16 traders a total of Tk 75,000 for setting up unauthorised animal markets.
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Livestock
DSCC Opens Phone Lines for Complaints on Eid Waste and Markets
Dhaka South City Corporation has set up a central control room with public phone numbers to oversee sacrificial animal markets and waste removal.
Fruits
Mango Special Train Runs at a Loss, Longer Padma Bridge Route Adds to Woes
The Mango Special train is running again this season at little cost to traders, but they are staying away, and a longer route via the Padma Bridge has added to the railway's losses.
Livestock
Goats Selling From Tk 8,000 to Tk 1.5 Lakh, and Demand Is Good
Demand for sacrificial goats has risen at Dhaka's Gabtoli market, where local goats sell for anything from Tk 8,000 to Tk 1.5 lakh.
Livestock
No Cow Below Tk 80,000 at Dhaka's Gabtoli Market
With four days to Eid-ul-Azha, cattle are pouring into Dhaka's Gabtoli market, but bargaining is intense and no animal is available for less than Tk 80,000.
Crops
Mango Exports Formally Begin, Target Set at 3,100 Tonnes
Bangladesh formally opened its mango export season on 10 June with a target of 3,100 tonnes to about 38 countries.
Livestock
No Qurbani Animal Market at Aftabnagar, DSCC Tells High Court
Dhaka South City Corporation has put on hold a lease notice for a cattle market at Aftabnagar issued in defiance of the Appellate Division, so no Qurbani market will be held there.
Livestock
Legal Notice Alleges Contempt Over Aftabnagar Animal Market Tender
A legal notice alleging contempt of court has been sent over a lease notice for a cattle market at Aftabnagar issued in defiance of an Appellate Division order.
Fruits
Mango Trader Dies After Being Drugged on Bus Home
Md Asif Talukder, a 30-year-old mango trader, died after members of an 'ojnan party' gang drugged him on a bus from Satkhira to Dhaka.
Crops
Formalin Does Not Work on Fruit, Eat More Fruit, Seminar Told
Speakers at a Bangladesh Food Safety Authority seminar said formalin, being highly volatile, has no role in preserving or ripening fruit.
Environment
Mayor Taposh Wants Over 25 Per Cent Tree Cover in Dhaka South
Dhaka South City Corporation will create more than 25 per cent tree cover in its area, mayor Barrister Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh said at a tree plantation programme.
Livestock
Former Bureaucrat Milon, Annoyed by Crowing Roosters, Threatens Neighbour with Police
A retired additional secretary pressed neighbours to get rid of their roosters, threatening police action, and says he was protesting noise pollution.
Environment
Wildlife Being Trafficked, Law Enforcement Needed to Rein It In
Wildlife is sold openly by roadsides and smuggled in secret through Bangladesh, and those involved say public awareness and strict enforcement of the law could stop it.