Chattogram's Qurbani Cattle Markets Wait for Buyers on Opening Day
Trading formally opened at Chattogram city's sacrificial animal markets on 8 June, but on the first day buyers came mostly to look, not to buy.
Trading formally opened at Chattogram city's sacrificial animal markets on 8 June, but on the first day buyers came mostly to look, not to buy.
Bilkis and Faruk, a couple in Shariatpur, have raised a bull of about 20 maunds named 'Bagha' for Qurbani and are asking Tk 10 lakh for him.
Sacrificial animals have started arriving at markets in Jhenaidah ahead of Eid-ul-Azha, but trade has yet to pick up, and the livestock department is urging care with feed in the heat.
Farmers in Noakhali have prepared 1,67,378 animals for Qurbani against demand for 1,36,983, leaving a surplus of 30,395.
Temporary animal markets have opened in districts across West Bengal ahead of Eid-ul-Azha, with prices higher than last year.
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.
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.
A 25-maund Holstein Friesian bull named Badsha, raised by Gausia Dairy Farm in Rupganj, Narayanganj, is being offered for Tk 10 lakh ahead of Eid-ul-Azha.
Local Government Minister Md Tajul Islam said the authorities have been told to clear sacrificial animal waste before sunrise on the day after Eid.
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal said 4,407 cattle markets will be held across the country for Eid-ul-Azha this year.
The Appellate Division has ruled that the Gabtoli cattle market in the capital will remain under film producer and actor Monowar Hossain, alias Dipjol, this Eid-ul-Azha.
Buyers should choose a healthy, injury-free sacrificial animal of the right age, avoiding artificially fattened and pregnant animals.
Businessman and MP Selim Osman says he will sell 141 sacrificial animals worth about Tk 3 crore at cost this Eid and spend the money on social work.