Goats in Demand on the Last Day as Cattle Run Short
With cattle scarce at Dhaka's markets a day before Eid, city residents have turned to goats, and sellers have raised their prices.
With cattle scarce at Dhaka's markets a day before Eid, city residents have turned to goats, and sellers have raised their prices.
Khulna's cattle markets have plenty of animals but few buyers two days before Eid, with many middle-class families staying away because of the coronavirus.
A Kushtia trader who raised a bull called Shanto for two and a half years has brought it to Dhaka's Rahmatganj market hoping to sell it for Tk 6 lakh.
After days of slow sales, farmers and traders who brought cattle to Dhaka's Qurbani markets are hoping for better prices in the final hours before Eid.
Farmers and traders who could not get fair prices at Dhaka's livestock markets are walking the capital's streets and lanes to sell their goats.
Traders with big cattle at Old Dhaka's Rahmatganj market are finding few buyers, and those who come offer far below the asking price.