The sale aimed to mark World Egg Day on Friday and was jointly organised by the Department of Livestock Services and the Bangladesh Poultry Industries Central Council or BPICC. The prospect of buying an egg for just Tk 3 attracted thousands, who began queuing up in front of the Krishibid Institution at Khamarbari from 7am. Their presence prompted the organisers to start the egg sale at 9am, an hour before schedule. By that time, the queues of people carrying empty containers, even buckets and burlap sacks, stretched beyond the Bijoy Sarani intersection. People waiting restlessly in the queues eventually pushed down the egg sale's main platform outside KIB auditorium, destroying many eggs in the process.

Source: bd News24 October 13, 2017 09:06 UTC