Highway Police Form Quick Response Teams to Stop Extortion
To keep highways free of extortion before Eid-ul-Azha, the Highway Police Cumilla region has formed 30 quick response teams alongside 66 patrol teams from 22 stations and outposts.
To keep highways free of extortion before Eid-ul-Azha, the Highway Police Cumilla region has formed 30 quick response teams alongside 66 patrol teams from 22 stations and outposts.
Farmers in Singra upazila of Natore have prepared 92,566 animals for Eid-ul-Azha, about twice local demand, and expect trade worth around Tk 200 crore.
Rajababu, a Holstein-Friesian bull weighing an estimated 40 maunds in Shibganj, Chapainawabganj, is the district's biggest, and his owner is asking Tk 20 lakh.
Seventeen temporary sacrificial cattle markets will be held in Dhaka this Eid-ul-Azha, and the two city corporations have already finalised leases for 15, several at many times the government price.
A 25-maund Holstein Friesian bull named Kalomanik is on offer in Ishwardi for Tk 10 lakh, with bids so far reaching Tk 6 lakh.
Naogaon farmers have prepared about 7 lakh animals for Eid-ul-Azha and hope for sales worth around Tk 3,500 crore despite higher feed costs.
The Home Ministry says a case has been filed against those who forged an official's signature to set up illegal cattle holding points for imports.
A Gaibandha farmer is asking Tk 7.5 lakh for his 18-maund Sahiwal bull, Lal Badsha, ahead of Eid-ul-Azha.
Farmers in Feni are preparing more than 1 lakh animals for Eid-ul-Azha against demand for 80,800, hoping to turn past losses into profit.
Gaibandha has more than 21,000 sacrificial animals above local demand ahead of Eid-ul-Azha, though farmers worry about prices.
The Highway Police chief says vehicles carrying livestock cannot be stopped without specific information and that obstruction will not be tolerated.
A Rangpur farmer will give a Pulsar motorcycle to anyone who buys his two Friesian bulls, Budhu and Robi, together.
The Appellate Division has stayed a High Court order that had halted the leasing of a sacrificial cattle market at Aftabnagar in the capital.