Online Desk:  Fisheries and Livestock Minister Abdur Rahman has said Bangladesh is unlikely to face any shortage of sacrificial animals during the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha as more than five lakh locally-reared cattle than that of the last year will be supplied to the market.

Addressing a press conference at the conference room of the Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock at the Bangladesh Secretariat on Sunday (April 28), he said that Bangladesh is fully prepared to meet the demand of sacrificial animals during the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha.

“We’re taking necessary preparations with great caution so that our sacrificial animal markets remain stable. We’ve already talked to the farmers so that the sacrificial animals remain within the purchasing power of people. We’ve assured them and they have also assured us. This time, there is no need to import cattle this year as the number of sacrificial animals is much higher in the country, he said. “The cattle which are reared at farms in our country is enough to meet our requirement,” he said.