AgribusinessStrict enforcement of West Bengal's 1950 animal slaughter law emptied cattle markets before Eid-ul-Azha in 2026, and Hindu farmers in Ghatakpukur, South 24 Parganas, citing their debts, asked for a few days' relief.
Rain turned Dhaka's largest cattle market at Gabtoli into mud on 26 May, but buyers and sellers kept coming a day before Eid-ul-Azha.
Most cows at Dhaka's sacrificial animal markets are priced 20 to 30 percent higher than last year, straining limited-income buyers, while traders blame transport and fodder costs.
Temporary fodder stalls selling grass, straw, bran and jackfruit leaves have sprung up around Dhaka's cattle markets and streets ahead of Eid-ul-Azha.
The pir of the Ramchandrapur Darbar Sharif in Sadarpur, Faridpur, and his followers offered Eid-ul-Azha prayers on 26 May, a day before the rest of the country, and will sacrifice animals the next morning.
Buyers returned to the Kalshi cattle market in Dhaka after morning rain on 26 May, but high asking prices for small and medium cows kept sales slow.
LivestockA sudden midday downpour on 26 May 2026 turned Dhaka's Shahjahanpur, Kamalapur and Kachukhet sacrificial animal markets to mud, drove buyers away and left traders fearing losses and sick cattle.
Traders bringing sacrificial cattle to Dhaka say truck fares have risen by Tk 6,000 to Tk 8,000 a load since last year because of higher fuel prices.
A wide gap between what traders ask and what buyers offer has kept sales slow at Dhaka's Kachukhet sacrificial animal market.
LivestockA woman was gored by a cow at Gharmora Bazar in Homna upazila of Cumilla at noon on 25 May 2026, ahead of Eid-ul-Azha, and was declared dead at the upazila health complex, police said.
LivestockThree days before Eid-ul-Azha 2026, columnist Ahsan Habib Barun argued in Jagonews24 that late or careless salting wastes huge numbers of hides every year, as the government handed out Tk 17.6 crore of free salt and set new prices.
AgribusinessThree days before Eid-ul-Adha 2026, on 25 May, Dhaka's cattle markets had plenty of animals but little trade, as buyers told Jagonews24 that traders were asking far more than last year for cattle of the same size.
EnvironmentThree days before Eid-ul-Azha 2026, Rangpur City Corporation's administrator, Mahfuz Un Nabi Don, said on 25 May that sacrificial waste could be cleared within 12 hours if cleaners worked sincerely, as 855 cleaners received Tk 5,000 each as an Eid gift.
