Chattogram's Qurbani Cattle Markets Wait for Buyers on Opening Day
Trading formally opened at Chattogram city's sacrificial animal markets on 8 June, but on the first day buyers came mostly to look, not to buy.
Trading formally opened at Chattogram city's sacrificial animal markets on 8 June, but on the first day buyers came mostly to look, not to buy.
A 1,000kg Holstein Friesian bull called Kala Pahar has become the talk of Mirsharai this Eid season, with a Tk 7 lakh price tag.
Bilkis and Faruk, a couple in Shariatpur, have raised a bull of about 20 maunds named 'Bagha' for Qurbani and are asking Tk 10 lakh for him.
Sacrificial animals have started arriving at markets in Jhenaidah ahead of Eid-ul-Azha, but trade has yet to pick up, and the livestock department is urging care with feed in the heat.
Farmers in Noakhali have prepared 1,67,378 animals for Qurbani against demand for 1,36,983, leaving a surplus of 30,395.
Temporary animal markets have opened in districts across West Bengal ahead of Eid-ul-Azha, with prices higher than last year.
Dhaka South City Corporation has put on hold a lease notice for a cattle market at Aftabnagar issued in defiance of the Appellate Division, so no Qurbani market will be held there.
A legal notice alleging contempt of court has been sent over a lease notice for a cattle market at Aftabnagar issued in defiance of an Appellate Division order.
A 950kg red Sahiwal bull named 'Jayed Khan' is on offer at Tk 12 lakh at Nirob Agro Farm in Mirsarai, Chattogram, with a free goat and free home delivery on Chand Raat.
A 25-maund Holstein Friesian bull named Badsha, raised by Gausia Dairy Farm in Rupganj, Narayanganj, is being offered for Tk 10 lakh ahead of Eid-ul-Azha.
Eid-ul-Azha cattle markets have begun in Chandpur, but at the Shafarmali haat ordinary buyers are bargaining and leaving, and traders make up most of the crowd.
Local Government Minister Tajul Islam said no market for sacrificial animal hides may be set up on the Gabtoli bridge in the capital this Eid-ul-Azha.
Local Government Minister Md Tajul Islam said the authorities have been told to clear sacrificial animal waste before sunrise on the day after Eid.