Livestock Vehicles Cannot Be Stopped Without Specific Information, Highway Police Chief Says
The Highway Police chief says vehicles carrying livestock cannot be stopped without specific information and that obstruction will not be tolerated.
The Highway Police chief says vehicles carrying livestock cannot be stopped without specific information and that obstruction will not be tolerated.
The Appellate Division has stayed a High Court order that had halted the leasing of a sacrificial cattle market at Aftabnagar in the capital.
The fisheries and livestock minister says Bangladesh has 21.41 lakh more sacrificial animals than the expected demand for Eid-ul-Azha.
Ishwardi's Aronkola market was packed with cattle and people ahead of Eid-ul-Azha, but buyers balked at prices and few deals were done.
Farmers in Nandigram upazila of Bogura have prepared 49,171 animals for Eid-ul-Azha, 1,061 more than the upazila needs.
Farmers in Narail's three upazilas have prepared 54,890 animals for Eid-ul-Azha, about 23,000 more than the district needs.
A 1,600 kg Friesian bull called 'Don', raised in Faridpur's Saltha upazila, is being offered for Tk 25 lakh ahead of Eid-ul-Azha.
Rajshahi has raised more sacrificial animals than it needs this year, and its surplus cattle and goats will also meet demand in other districts.
A Keshabpur farmer is asking Tk 15 lakh for his 30-maund bull Rajababu ahead of Eid-ul-Azha, and promises a free goat to whoever buys it.
Repeated rises in cattle feed prices have left farmers struggling and traders fearing that sacrificial cattle will cost more again at this Eid-ul-Azha.
A columnist describes a trip to a Dhaka kitchen market where onions, lentils, green chillies, soybean oil and beef have all become harder to afford, and blames traders' syndicates and the government.
Dhaka South City Corporation removed about 21,000 tonnes of qurbani waste to the Matuail central landfill over three days.
With supply short of demand, cattle and goats sold at high prices at Dhaka's Gabtoli market on the second day of Eid-ul-Azha.