LivestockDr Mohammad Mahbubul Alam, deputy director of the Central Artificial Insemination Laboratory in Savar, fell ill on official duty at the Radio Colony cattle market on 27 May 2026 and died on the way to hospital; the fisheries and livestock ministers mourned his death.
Goat sales picked up at Mirpur-area markets on the last day before Eid-ul-Azha as many middle-income families turned to cheaper sacrificial animals.
No space under the metro rail station at Diabari in Uttara was leased for a sacrificial animal market, the state minister for local government said.
Short of buyers at the markets on the eve of Eid, goat traders walked their animals through Dhaka's neighbourhoods, where residents found lower prices.
Three days of continuous rain before Eid-ul-Azha kept buyers away from Dhaka's Shahjahanpur and Kamalapur markets, leaving traders facing losses.
LivestockA cattle market on the Karimpur football ground in Narsingdi Sadar drew large crowds on 27 May 2026, the eve of Eid-ul-Azha. The organisers said they paid the government lease of about Tk 80,000 themselves, so sellers paid no levy.
High prices and weak interest left dumba sellers at Dhaka's Gabtoli market struggling to find buyers on the eve of Eid-ul-Azha.
Traders at Dhaka's Gabtoli market say rain and a shortage of buyers caused cattle prices to collapse on the last day before Eid, to buyers' relief.
AgribusinessBefore Eid-ul-Azha 2026, a Jagonews24 report found that although sheep are fully valid for sacrifice in Islam, the social pull of big animals, eating habits and the lack of an organised market kept demand low, leaving char and coastal farmers short of buyers.
LivestockA day before Eid-ul-Azha 2026, rain left the Kajla and Shanir Akhra sacrificial animal markets in Dhaka's Jatrabari deep in mud on 26 May, and buyers and traders often could not agree on prices despite ample supply.
Sudden midday rain brought mud and hardship to Dhaka's Shahjahanpur and Kamalapur cattle markets on 26 May, but trading picked up again in the afternoon and evening.
AgribusinessTwo days before Eid-ul-Azha 2026, a Jago News reporter who spent an hour on roads in Lalbagh, Dhanmondi, Ramna and Tejgaon on 26 May saw buyers bringing home only eight to ten cows, and only one of them was walked home.
Both sides of Dholaikhal road in Old Dhaka are lined with cows as trucks arrive from the districts and families turn a trip to the market into part of their Eid celebration.
