AgribusinessAhead of Eid-ul-Azha 2026, high inflation, an economic slowdown and costly fodder cast a slump over Bangladesh's sacrificial animal markets, with fears that sacrifices would fall below 2025's 9.1 million.
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Sheikh Rabiul Alam said cattle markets and bazaars beside highways will not be accepted, and a decision on the BRT project will follow Eid.
Truck owners and drivers carrying sacrificial animals have been told to display the name and address of the destination cattle market on a banner at the front of the vehicle.
An 'on year' promises a bigger mango harvest, but exporters fear record air freight costs will price Bangladeshi mangoes out of foreign markets.
EnvironmentOn 29 April 2026 Prime Minister Tarique Rahman told parliament the government had adopted 12 measures to make Dhaka a "clean and green city", from greening and waste management in the two city corporations to a Matuail landfill plan, electric buses, brick kiln curbs and river pollution monitoring.
The environment ministry has asked qualified volunteer organisations to send concept papers to take part in the 25 crore tree-planting programme.
FisheriesFishers and local people on the Padma and Meghna in Chandpur alleged in April 2026 that jatka, young hilsa, was being caught and sold openly during the two-month sanctuary ban; the upazila fisheries office said 140 fishers had been detained in a month.
The government plans to launch the Krishak Card at a pre-pilot stage on Pohela Boishakh, offering cash support and 10 services, and to cover all farmers within four years.
Hilsa production fell to 5 lakh tonnes in the 2024-25 fiscal year, the lowest in eight years, and the fisheries minister calls raising it a huge challenge.
State Minister Abdul Bari said potato growers suffered heavy losses this year only because drainage was poor, as he opened canal digging in Joypurhat.
EnvironmentIn a Jago News interview on 22 February 2026, environment state minister Sheikh Faridul Islam said planting 25 crore trees, curbing single-use plastic and protecting the Sundarbans from bandits and poison fishing would be his ministry's priorities.
A permanent wholesale flower market has opened on the embankment at Gabtoli in the capital.
AgribusinessFisheries and Livestock Adviser Farida Akhter said on 24 November 2025 that a policy would be framed to control animal feed prices, and that the government had moved to cut the price of electricity used in the sector.
