AgribusinessOn 27 May 2026, the day before Eid-ul-Adha, Pabna trader Bahar Ali sold the bull he had first priced at Tk 16 lakh for Tk 7 lakh at the Sun Valley sand-field market next to Aftabnagar; his second bull, first priced at Tk 15 lakh, was still unsold.
No space under the metro rail station at Diabari in Uttara was leased for a sacrificial animal market, the state minister for local government said.
AgribusinessWith no offer matching its expected price by 27 May 2026, the eve of Eid ul-Adha, Aditmari farm owner Advocate Mojmul Pramanik decided to sacrifice his giant bull 'Zayed Khan' himself.
Short of buyers at the markets on the eve of Eid, goat traders walked their animals through Dhaka's neighbourhoods, where residents found lower prices.
A record lychee harvest in Khagrachhari has brought prices down sharply, delighting buyers but leaving growers unable to get fair prices.
Three days of continuous rain before Eid-ul-Azha kept buyers away from Dhaka's Shahjahanpur and Kamalapur markets, leaving traders facing losses.
Beef bhuna khichuri, made with fragrant rice, lentils, ghee and spiced beef, offers a change from polao or biryani on the Eid table.
LivestockA cattle market on the Karimpur football ground in Narsingdi Sadar drew large crowds on 27 May 2026, the eve of Eid-ul-Azha. The organisers said they paid the government lease of about Tk 80,000 themselves, so sellers paid no levy.
Traders who brought cattle from Kapasia and Kanchpur to Dhaka's Kajla-Shanir Akhra market on news of high prices found buyers offering well below cost.
With sacrificial animals bought, many Dhaka families are keeping cows in building garages and makeshift sheds in the days before Eid.
LivestockA Tangail farmer who had raised the black-and-white bull Manik for about ten years said in May 2026 that she had sold it for Tk 11.2 lakh to the Alauddin Ahmed Foundation in Kumarkhali, Kushtia, which planned to cook its meat for orphans and the poor on the third day of Eid-ul-Azha.
Minister Mohammad Amin Ur Rashid called on people to perform the Eid sacrifice cleanly, hygienically and in an environmentally friendly way.
High prices and weak interest left dumba sellers at Dhaka's Gabtoli market struggling to find buyers on the eve of Eid-ul-Azha.
