Livestock
RAB Monitoring to Stop Cattle Trucks Being Forced to Particular Markets
RAB's director general said the force is watching to prevent cattle trucks being forced to particular markets and has stepped up patrols before Eid.
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LivestockLivestock minister outlines cattle market security and fake-note checks before Eid
On 24 May 2026, after visiting the Diabari cattle market in Dhaka, Fisheries and Livestock Minister Mohammad Aminur Rashid said the government had installed machines to detect counterfeit notes, provided banking services at the markets and deployed personnel to keep traders, farmers and buyers safe until Eid.
Livestock
Mirpur UNO Goes to Cattle Market in Government Car to Buy a Cow
The Mirpur UNO in Kushtia is accused of taking a government car to a cattle market to buy a cow; he says he was only looking around.
LivestockHow to Identify Bangladesh's Local Cattle Types at the Eid Cattle Market
With Eid-ul-Azha due on 28 May 2026 and demand for local cattle running high, Jagonews24 set out on 24 May how buyers can tell the country's five local cattle types by coat colour, build and weight, so that a foreign or crossbred animal is not sold to them as local.
Agribusiness
Digital Cattle Markets Dominate Sacrificial Animal Sales
Online sellers of sacrificial animals say most of their stock sold out early this year, as buyers seek convenience and transparent live-weight pricing.
Livestock18-maund 'Bhoyonkor' and 17-maund 'Badsha Babu' priced at Tk 16 lakh in Kalapara
Ahead of Eid-ul-Adha 2026, a farm in Mohipur, Kalapara, Patuakhali, asked Tk 16 lakh for two big bulls, the Friesian 'Bhoyonkor' and the Sahiwal 'Badsha Babu', which it said were raised on natural feed over four years.
LivestockBogura cattle market buyers and sellers allege tolls above set rates before Eid
Before Eid-ul-Azha in May 2026, buyers and sellers at Bogura's Sabgram, Mohasthan and other cattle markets alleged that lessees' collectors were charging tolls above the rates set by the administration. Lessees cited lease costs and common practice; the Shibganj UNO said action would be taken.
AgribusinessFriesian 'Kalo Pahar' draws crowds at Mirsarai's Bortakia market, priced at Tk 7 lakh
At Mirsarai's Bortakia cattle market on 23 May 2026, a farmer asked Tk 7 lakh for 'Kalo Pahar', a Friesian he put at 20 maunds; by evening the best offer was Tk 4.5 lakh.
Crops
SAU Students Provide Veterinary Services at Dhaka's Eid Cattle Markets
Fifty-four students of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University are serving as intern vets at Dhaka's sacrificial animal markets ahead of Eid-ul-Azha.
EnvironmentDhaka walk and photo exhibition mark International Day for Biological Diversity
On 22 May 2026 the new group Bengal Peace Foundation walked from Ramna Park to the Botanical Garden in Mirpur and showed 100 wildlife photographs by four photographers at Dhaka University's TSC to mark Biodiversity Day.
LivestockTrader alleges cattle bound for Siddhirganj were forced off at a Bandar market
A cattle trader alleged that 36 cattle he was bringing by trawler to the Navana market in Siddhirganj, Narayanganj, were forcibly unloaded at a market at Bandar's No. 1 ferry ghat on 23 May 2026. The market's leaseholder said the cattle were released and nobody was beaten; police said the beating was not yet confirmed.
Crops
Bangladesh Among the World's Top Rice Producers
Once a food-deficit country, Bangladesh is now among the world's top rice producers, but climate change, rising costs and unfair prices threaten the crop at the heart of its life and economy.
AgribusinessGabtoli market: 4-maund cattle priced at Tk 1.4 lakh, sales yet to begin
On 23 May 2026, five days before Eid-ul-Azha, sellers at Dhaka's Gabtoli cattle market were asking Tk 1,40,000 to Tk 1,50,000 for cattle yielding four maunds of meat, but few buyers had come and traders blamed rising feed and other costs.