Sultan and Pathan Found in Savar
A buffalo farm in Ashulia is rearing more than 300 buffaloes for Eid, including two Jafarabadi bulls weighing over 1,000 kg each.
A buffalo farm in Ashulia is rearing more than 300 buffaloes for Eid, including two Jafarabadi bulls weighing over 1,000 kg each.
Lakshmipur has more big cattle than usual for Eid-ul-Azha, from 'Bahadur' at Tk 15 lakh to 'King' at Tk 40 lakh.
A Mujibnagar farmer is asking Tk 35 lakh for his 60-maund bull as Meherpur readies a large surplus of sacrificial animals.
Cows and goats have begun reaching Dhaka's 19 Eid cattle markets a day before sales officially open.
Two large bulls named after a film and a film personality are drawing hundreds of visitors to a Narayanganj farm before Eid-ul-Azha.
Rain and hill torrents from upstream have flooded Sunamganj's lowlands, leaving livestock farmers who hoped to profit at Eid-ul-Azha in deep trouble.
A lessee set up a cattle market on the field of Moshiur Rahman Degree College in Nilphamari Sadar without permission, with cattle even tied to the college's Shaheed Minar.
Bangladesh now has a surplus of sacrificial animals, and the government has taken steps against harmful fattening and to make cattle markets hassle-free.
Police have held five people, including a Jubo League leader, after a cattle trader was allegedly beaten in Dhaka's Shukrabad for not taking his cattle to their sacrificial animal market.
With a week to Eid, Chuadanga's farmers say buyers are scarce and some are taking animals home unsold.
Dhaka's police chief warned against extortion from cattle trucks and set out security and traffic rules for the capital's Eid markets.
Buyers from the plains are flocking to Khagrachhari's hill markets for local cattle raised without fattening drugs, though prices are up this year.
The north's biggest cattle market in Natore is slow before Eid, and buyers and sellers accuse the lessee of overcharging tolls.