Eating more beef increases health risks
Under the initiative, beef, chicken, mutton, milk and eggs are being sold at 30 designated locations in the capital during Ramzan. The Livestock Services Department supplies 50 percent of the beef, and BDFA supplies the rest. The Livestock Department said a total of 448 cows were sold to BDFA from seven government-owned farms at affordable […]
The Department of Agriculture Marketing has fixed the prices of 29 food products including fish, meat, eggs, pulses and vegetables at the producer, wholesale and retail levels. A notification in this regard signed by the department's Director General Mohammad Masood Karim was published on Friday.
Tanveer Hasan, an egg seller at Malibagh market, told Prothom Alo that the supply of eggs in the market is much less than the demand. As a result, egg prices have increased. According to the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh, eggs cost more when purchased by the ‘hali’ (four) rather than by the dozen. Each heli […]
Confirming the decision, Bangladesh Meat Traders Association president Golam Murtaza told Prothom Alo, “Beef will be sold at Tk 650 per kilogram in the capital markets from Thursday. This decision will be gradually implemented across the country. He further said that there is no scope for selling meat at different prices due to the interests […]
The tariff on barley totaled 80.5% while the duty on wine was as high as 218% for some brands. Wine exports to China, previously Australia’s biggest market, are set to decline by A$844 million in the first year before final tariffs are imposed until March 2022. Barley trade with the world’s biggest beer maker was […]
Price of liquid cow’s milk dropped. Due to fear for Anthrax the price of liquid cow’s milk has dropped to 20 Taka per litre. Also many couldn’t sell their product. Vaccination: The government has taken initiative to vaccinate 25 lac. animals. However, currently they do not have the required manpower. The respective (fish and livestock) […]
