Livestock
Buyers Win This Time, but Cattle Farmers Are Losing Out
With buyers scarce because of Covid-19 and floods, sacrificial cattle are selling cheaply this Eid, pleasing buyers but leaving the farmers who raised them at a loss.
With buyers scarce because of Covid-19 and floods, sacrificial cattle are selling cheaply this Eid, pleasing buyers but leaving the farmers who raised them at a loss.
With Eid-ul-Azha a day away, Dhaka's livestock markets were busy even at midnight, though traders complained of low sales and waterlogged ground.
The twice-weekly date palm molasses market beside Jayrampur railway station in Chuadanga is in full swing, with wholesale molasses at Tk 60-70 a kg.