AgribusinessOn 29 May 2026, the day after Eid ul-Adha, traders on Barishal's Port Road paid Tk 300 to 450 for a cowhide and almost nothing for goatskins, and angry madrasas said they might stop collecting hides at the next Qurbani.
AgribusinessOn Eid day, rawhide from sacrificial animals was selling at about last year's rates at Posta in Dhaka's Lalbagh despite higher government-set prices, and with supply down wholesalers said they feared they would not meet their purchase targets.
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.
