Govt Fixes Rawhide Price for Sacrificial Animals

The government has fixed the prices of various types of rawhides of the sacrificial animals during Eid-ul-Adha. 

Tanners would buy per square feet cowhide at Tk 35-40 in Dhaka and at Tk 28-32 for outside capital. The price of goats rawhide has been fixed at Tk 15-17 per square feet in the capital and Tk13-15 for outside the capital.

Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi today declared the decision after a meeting with leather traders at the Secretariat.

Eid-ul-Adha, also known as the "Festival of the Sacrifice," will be observed in Bangladesh on August 1st.