Govt to sell eggs, chicken, meat at lower prices

The government will sell eggs, chicken, meat and other products at lower prices through mobile trucks during the month of holy Ramadan.

Fisheries and Livestock Minister Md Abdur Rahman said this at a workshop 'Livestock sector in Bangladesh: Problems and Possibility' organized by Livestock and Dairy Development Project as the chief guest at the Dhaka Reporters Unity on Wednesday.

Abdur Rahman said the entrepreneurs who are involved with the production have the right to get fair prices of their products. But there are middlemen between producers and consumers and they (middlemen) sell at high prices in city areas, he said, adding they should be restrained.

He said Bangabandhu's daughter Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is working relentlessly for the unprecedented development of the country.

Fisheries and Livestock secretary Md Selim Uddin addressed the workshop as the special guest with Department of Livestock Services DG Dr Md Emdadul Haque Talukder in the chair.

Bangladesh Pratidin editor Noeem Nizam, Global TB CEO Syed Ishtiaq Reza and DBC TV news editor Pranab Sahah, among others, addressed it.