Mismanagement at Animal Markets: Four Fined Tk 70,000 in Feni
Mobile courts in Feni fined four people Tk 70,000 in drives to keep highways free of animal markets and ensure orderly sacrificial markets.
Mobile courts in Feni fined four people Tk 70,000 in drives to keep highways free of animal markets and ensure orderly sacrificial markets.
Veterinary medical teams will provide first aid and advice at sacrificial animal markets across Bangladesh, Fisheries and Livestock Minister Md Abdur Rahman said.
Dhaka South City Corporation mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh said the corporation now has more trucks and equipment than ever and aims to clear sacrificial waste within 24 hours.
Demand for sacrificial goats has risen at Dhaka's Gabtoli market, where local goats sell for anything from Tk 8,000 to Tk 1.5 lakh.
With four days to Eid-ul-Azha, cattle are pouring into Dhaka's Gabtoli market, but bargaining is intense and no animal is available for less than Tk 80,000.
Nilphamari's sacrificial animal markets are bustling ahead of Eid, but buyers and traders complain of tolls above the government rate.
Traders at Gabtali are asking high prices a week before Eid, while buyers mostly look and wait.
Animals are arriving at Dhaka's Eid-ul-Azha markets, but a week before Eid most visitors are only looking and bargaining, and the Aftabnagar market stays blocked by the courts.
A 1,000kg Holstein Friesian bull called Kala Pahar has become the talk of Mirsharai this Eid season, with a Tk 7 lakh price tag.