LGRD Minister Tazul Islam ordered a cow worth Tk 128,600 at the virtual launch of the online marketplace for Eid cattle. Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi and State Minister for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak bought cows worth Tk 100,000 each. Minister Islam asked the online marketeers to send him 20 percent of the meat and donate the rest after sacrifice. SM Reazul Karim, fisheries and livestock minister, could not buy cattle as the website of his choice was yet to be updated. Minister Islam said it would be better to put restrictions in particular areas on the basis of infection rates.

Source: bd News24 July 11, 2020 14:26 UTC