LivestockDhaka Metropolitan Police said on 18 July 2026 that it had arrested five men it accuses of firing at a Qurbani cattle market leaseholder's office in South Kamalapur in May and of demanding Tk 10 lakh from him over WhatsApp, and that it had recovered three foreign-made firearms.
AgribusinessAbout 92 lakh of the 1.23 crore animals prepared for Eid-ul-Azha on 28 May 2026 were sacrificed. According to the Department of Livestock Services and traders, some 31 lakh animals were left unsold, leaving farmers facing losses and the extra cost of feed and care.
LivestockDhaka North City Corporation formed a three-member committee on 3 June 2026 to assess the damage a temporary Eid cattle market at Diabari caused around Uttara Centre metro station.
When nobody came to collect sacrificial animal hides in Moulvibazar after a daylong wait, people were forced to throw them in the river or bury them.
Dhaka North City Corporation says 18,344 tonnes of Qurbani waste were taken to landfill by the third day of its 72-hour action plan.
LivestockMore than 200 people in Brahmanbaria were treated in hospital on Eid-ul-Azha, 28 May 2026, after being hurt while slaughtering sacrificial animals and cutting the meat. Most had knife cuts; a few were kicked or shoved by cattle and buffaloes.
LivestockMohammad Selim, a trader from Natore who brought ten cows to Dhaka's Shanir Akhra market before Eid-ul-Azha 2026, told Jago News one of them was stolen late on 26 May; he had sold four.
AgribusinessOn Eid-ul-Azha, 28 May 2026, Qurbani meat collected from homes in Moulvibazar town was sold for Tk 400 to 500 a kg on the Chandnighat bridge, letting people who could not give Qurbani buy meat cheaply.
AgribusinessOn the afternoon of Eid-ul-Azha 2026, a makeshift market of butchers' trimmed meat on Dhaka's Rampura bridge, where sellers asked Tk 350 to 400 a kilo, drew rickshaw pullers and garment workers who could not afford to offer Qurbani.
LivestockOn Eid-ul-Adha, 28 May 2026, traders from Dinajpur, Bhola, Kishoreganj and Munshiganj at Dhaka's Kajla and Shonir Akhra markets said many cows had not sold even at a loss, and they were taking them back to their villages.
AgribusinessOn Eid al-Adha, 28 May 2026, traders from Kushtia and Sirajganj at the temporary Kamalapur cattle market in Dhaka said they were taking most of their cows home unsold, and had sold the rest for less than they paid.
Rangamati's biggest bull, a Sahiwal named 'Royal' priced at Tk 6 lakh, sold for Tk 3.37 lakh on Wednesday, leaving its farmer counting a loss.
AgribusinessOn 27 May 2026, the eve of Eid-ul-Azha, buyers at Dhaka's temporary Dholaikhal cattle market bought sacrificial cows for Tk 35,000 to Tk 50,000, while traders facing few buyers said they were selling at a loss.
