Both sides of Dholaikhal road in Old Dhaka are lined with cows as trucks arrive from the districts and families turn a trip to the market into part of their Eid celebration.
A giant bull named 'Commissioner' is the talk of the Mymensingh Circuit House ground market, where its owner is asking Tk 6.8 lakh.
Rain turned Dhaka's largest cattle market at Gabtoli into mud on 26 May, but buyers and sellers kept coming a day before Eid-ul-Azha.
Most cows at Dhaka's sacrificial animal markets are priced 20 to 30 percent higher than last year, straining limited-income buyers, while traders blame transport and fodder costs.
LivestockTwo days before Eid-ul-Azha, on 26 May 2026, Madaripur's cattle markets were crowded; the district had 72,495 animals ready against a demand of 66,880, and an 18-maund Holstein Friesian bull drew buyers at Habiganj market.
The government and related agencies are working together to give buyers and sellers a comfortable environment at Dhaka's cattle markets, the state minister for local government said.
LivestockA sudden midday downpour on 26 May 2026 turned Dhaka's Shahjahanpur, Kamalapur and Kachukhet sacrificial animal markets to mud, drove buyers away and left traders fearing losses and sick cattle.
LivestockTwo days before Eid-ul-Azha in 2026, sales were rising at Sherpur's cattle markets and medium-sized cows were in most demand; the district livestock department put demand at 62,000 animals against a supply of about 93,000.
A wide gap between what traders ask and what buyers offer has kept sales slow at Dhaka's Kachukhet sacrificial animal market.
LivestockA buffalo brought for sale at the Sanandabari sacrificial animal market in Dewanganj, Jamalpur, ran out of control on 24 May 2026, injuring at least six people. Police said one died that day and another in hospital on 25 May.
LivestockA woman was gored by a cow at Gharmora Bazar in Homna upazila of Cumilla at noon on 25 May 2026, ahead of Eid-ul-Azha, and was declared dead at the upazila health complex, police said.
Finding cattle being sold on the road under a metro station outside Diabari market, the DNCC administrator ordered them removed and warned the lessee.
LivestockThree days before Eid-ul-Azha 2026, columnist Ahsan Habib Barun argued in Jagonews24 that late or careless salting wastes huge numbers of hides every year, as the government handed out Tk 17.6 crore of free salt and set new prices.
