Few Buyers at Chuadanga Cattle Markets
With a week to Eid, Chuadanga's farmers say buyers are scarce and some are taking animals home unsold.
With a week to Eid, Chuadanga's farmers say buyers are scarce and some are taking animals home unsold.
Dhaka's police chief warned against extortion from cattle trucks and set out security and traffic rules for the capital's Eid markets.
Buyers from the plains are flocking to Khagrachhari's hill markets for local cattle raised without fattening drugs, though prices are up this year.
The north's biggest cattle market in Natore is slow before Eid, and buyers and sellers accuse the lessee of overcharging tolls.
A university student who bought a bull on impulse three years ago is now asking Tk 14 lakh for the 980 kg animal.
Savar's tanneries have stocked salt and chemicals and lined up extra workers to handle the Eid-ul-Azha rawhide collection.
Dhaka North's mayor says eight of its temporary Eid cattle markets will run as cashless 'smart haats', with a Tk 150 crore transaction target.
Banks, card schemes and mobile money providers will run digital payment services at Dhaka North City Corporation's sacrificial animal markets.
A four-year-old black Friesian bull weighing 30 maunds is drawing visitors in Shayestaganj, with its owners asking Tk 16 lakh.
High fodder prices have pushed up the cost of fattening sacrificial animals in Sirajganj, worrying both farmers and buyers before Eid-ul-Azha.
After three unsuccessful trips to market, a Tangail woman is again trying to sell her giant bull Manik and hopes to start a dairy farm with the money.
A huge Friesian bull called 'Titanic' at a Babuganj farm is on offer for Tk 8 lakh ahead of the Eid sacrifice.
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan says the law and order cabinet committee's recommendation to add a day to the Eid-ul-Azha holiday is logical, and the cabinet will decide on it.