With cattle markets filling up before Eid-ul-Azha, a Bangladesh Agricultural University professor has warned that infected animals could spread anthrax to people and other livestock.
LivestockTwo Holstein Friesian bulls named Mama and Bhagne, weighing 1,100 kg and 1,200 kg by the farm's and the district livestock officer's figures, drew crowds to a farm in Bagerhat Sadar in mid-May 2026; the owner set asking prices of Tk 8 lakh and Tk 10 lakh.
LivestockTwo albino buffaloes that herdsmen at a farm in Bandar, Narayanganj, had nicknamed 'Donald Trump' and 'Netanyahu' drew crowds before Eid-ul-Azha in May 2026, while the district livestock officer said the district had more sacrificial animals than it needed.
Five bulls weighing more than 1,000 kg each, raised by Habibur Rahman Misbah, known nationally as 'Kuakata Huzur', are the talk of Kuakata's Eid cattle market.
A pink albino buffalo named 'Donald Trump' for its hairstyle has become an attraction at a Narayanganj farm ahead of Eid-ul-Azha, although it has already been sold.
Leaders of the BNP and its affiliates are accused of controlling the leasing of Bogura's cattle markets before Eid-ul-Azha by managing rival bidders and filing single tenders.
LivestockAt the Chattogram district law and order committee meeting on 10 May 2026, Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Zahidul Islam Mia ordered that no Eid-ul-Azha cattle markets be held beside roads, highways or railway lines. The meeting also called for a special drive to recover illegal arms, safe ferry crossings and price control.
Bangladesh Bank has ordered commercial banks to set up counterfeit note detection booths at cattle markets ahead of Eid-ul-Azha.
The state minister for fisheries and livestock says steps will be taken to stop extortion at cattle markets and on livestock trucks, and that no sacrificial animals need to be brought in from abroad.
Rajshahi has a surplus of nearly 92,000 sacrificial animals for Eid-ul-Azha, and with Indian cattle no longer dominating its markets, farmers expect good prices despite higher costs.
LivestockAhead of Eid-ul-Azha 2026, a roughly 1,006kg Sahiwal bull named Lal Mia, raised on natural feed for four years in Barishal's Babuganj, was drawing daily crowds to a small dairy farm.
LivestockSince 2019 Nusrat Jahan Sathi of Madaripur town has raised cattle each year for Eid-ul-Azha; she sold 35 head at the 2024 Eid and more than Tk 1 crore worth of cattle in all.
About 70 'cattle hotels', known locally as khatals, have grown up around the Satmail cattle market in Sharsha, Jashore, housing traders' animals for a daily fee.
