Gangs selling counterfeit notes through Facebook pages and home delivery are targeting sacrificial animal markets, while law enforcers and banks set up note-detection booths.
A mobile court in Niamatpur, Naogaon, has fined a cattle market lease-holder Tk 10,000 for charging buyers more than the government-set toll.
Traders at Natore's Chakbaidyanath, the country's second-largest leather market, have cleaned their warehouses and stocked salt, but say unpaid tannery dues have left them short of capital.
A sacrificial animal market set up on the Dhaka-Chattogram highway in Feni is causing traffic jams, though the lease terms forbid markets on or beside highways.
A cattle trader on his way to the Bamondi cattle market in Gangni, Meherpur, was drugged on a bus and robbed of Tk 6 lakh.
Two huge bulls named Raja and Badsha, offered at Tk 25 lakh each, are the main attraction at a sacrificial animal market in Siddhirganj, Narayanganj.
At Dhaka's Aftabnagar market, small cattle are in high demand and short supply, pushing their prices above Tk 1 lakh, while large cattle find few buyers.
A RAB mobile court has begun a drive at the Gabtoli cattle market against gangs that fatten cattle artificially with chemicals or injections.
With sales stalled at Dhaka's haats, traders are holding on for higher prices while buyers bet on a drop on the eve of Eid.
Traders at Gabtoli say there are no takers for big cattle, with asking prices of up to Tk 18 lakh drawing low offers or none at all.
Qurbani animals are pouring into Jhalakathi's haats, but few buyers are coming, and farmers are worried about Indian cattle and pox disease.
Temporary qurbani haats in Dhaka are spreading onto roads and lanes, and residents fear traffic chaos and filth, while the city corporations say there is no other space.
A day after 40 cattle and six goats went to Dhaka on the Mango Special, no farmer hired the train's wagons.
