The local government minister says authorities have been told to clear sacrificial animal waste by evening on Eid-ul-Azha and that animals must be sacrificed at designated places.
The fisheries and livestock minister says Bangladesh has 21.41 lakh more sacrificial animals than the expected demand for Eid-ul-Azha.
A Thakurgaon farmer is offering a free motorcycle to whoever buys his 1,700kg bull, Bigboss, which he has raised for six years.
Ishwardi's Aronkola market was packed with cattle and people ahead of Eid-ul-Azha, but buyers balked at prices and few deals were done.
A Munshiganj farm has priced its 1,500 kg buffalo Kalopahar at Tk 25 lakh ahead of Eid, claiming it is the biggest in the country.
Bangladesh has 1.25 crore animals ready for the coming Qurbani, so no imports are needed and border surveillance against illegal cattle entry has been stepped up, the livestock secretary said.
Family farmers in Jhalakathi have fattened about 19,000 animals for Eid-ul-Azha, but soaring feed prices are eating into their hopes of a profit.
Farmers in Nandigram upazila of Bogura have prepared 49,171 animals for Eid-ul-Azha, 1,061 more than the upazila needs.
A special cattle train will again carry sacrificial animals to Dhaka this Eid at a quarter of the cost of trucking them, Railways Minister Md Nurul Islam Sujan said.
Farmers in Narail's three upazilas have prepared 54,890 animals for Eid-ul-Azha, about 23,000 more than the district needs.
A 1,600 kg Friesian bull called 'Don', raised in Faridpur's Saltha upazila, is being offered for Tk 25 lakh ahead of Eid-ul-Azha.
The government says about 1.25 crore animals fit for sacrifice are available for the coming Eid-ul-Adha, enough to meet demand without imported cattle.
A farmer in Kalapara, Patuakhali, has raised two giant bulls, Kalu and Chandu, for Eid-ul-Azha and is offering a free goat to whoever buys Kalu.
