The prices people get for cattle slaughtered on Eid-ul-Azha are “not reasonable” and the latest government decision aims to ensure that they get the fair price, Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi says.

Rawhide prices during Eid-ul-Azha have once again dropped below government-set rates across the country, frustrating traders and raising concerns about the effectiveness of recent policy steps, ...

The price of rawhide is now lower compared to that two to three months ago for which the traders of Savar's Harindhara bazar, one of the country's hubs for raw leather, are worried over what lied in ...

Meanwhile, Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi has blamed business syndicates for the low prices of raw hides of sacrificial animals during the Eid-ul-Azha. “We had fixed the price of raw hide, ahead of Eid ...

The situation has indeed improved from the grim picture of the past two years. In recent years, there has been a marked decline in the rawhide collection as stocks from previous years drove down ...

Tannery owners will be buying per square foot of raw cow hides at Tk70 to Tk75 in the capital and Tk60 to Tk65 across the country during Eid-ul-Azha this year, cutting raw hide prices by more than 16% ...