Following a health ministry meeting on earlier in the week, Mr Biswas said that check posts have been set up at all entrances and exits of Dhaka to block the infected cattle.

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"Some 89 residents in Sirajganj district, 134 km northwest of capital Dhaka, are suspected to be affected with anthrax after they consumed beef from infected cows," Ramiz Uddin Ahmed, programme officer of the district's civil surgeon office, told Xinhuanet.com .

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About 5000 poultry farms in Sirajganj, Pabna, Natore and Bogra districts in the Northern region of Bangladesh have closed in the last three months and many others are on their way to closure due to an abnormal price hike in chicks and poultry feed, posing threat to the industries.

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The poultry industry has multi-faceted prospects, reports Financial Express of Bangladesh. First of all, it showed the way to meeting the protein need of the already vast population of the country. The traditional poultry birds – reared naturally and not through any planned manner – had been the mainstay for ages. But the need of the growing population dictated concerted and coordinated moves for breeding of poultry birds to cope with the higher demand. Such moves began in the eighties and constitute now a well-established field of activities in the country.

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The poultry industry will be a leading sector in the country within a decade, stakeholders said at a recent roundtable meeting. The New Nation of Bangladesh reports that the Breeders Association of Bangladesh organised the programme entitled 'Present crisis and prospects of poultry industry in Bangladesh' at the National Press Club.

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Environmentalists in Bangladesh have urged the government to take necessary measures to stop the use of tannery waste in poultry feed to avoid health hazards.

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According to The Daily Star, they made the call while addressing a roundtable on 'Preparing poultry feeds by poisonous tannery waste: Impact on public health' organised by the Poribesh Bachao Andolon (POBA) at its office, said a press release.

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Bangladesh is fast becoming one of Canada's major export customers for wheat and could be seen as a sign of further demand from formerly non-routine customers. According to the latest Canadian Grain Commission data for May, Canada has exported 873,300 tonnes of wheat during the 2009-10 crop year to date, making the country second only to Iraq as an export destination.

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Bangladesh Poultry Farm Protection National Council early this week demanded that the government ensure the sale of layer and broiler chicks at the price set earlier to protect the poultry industry.

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Small poultry farmers warned that they would stop buying layer and broiler chicks from 01 July if the hatchery owners charge prices more than the government fixed rates.

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The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) received follow-up report no. 25 yesterday, 17 June. The country first observed the presence of bird flu type H5N1 on 5 February 2007, and confirmed on 22 March of the same year.

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They said the government should include poultry insurance in its plan for an agriculture insurance scheme proposed in the new budget. The Daily Star reports that the government has taken steps to introduce agriculture insurance to provide farmers with crop price support in case of crop failures due to natural disasters. The poultry industry leaders do not need price support but a policy guideline to encourage insurance companies to introduce poultry insurance.

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Dr. Rajiv Shah, the head of the U.S. Agency for International Development, arrives on Tuesday, May 25 to participate in a number of important meetings in Bangladesh. This will be Dr. Shah's first official visit to Bangladesh since he was appointed by President Obama as the 16th Administrator of USAID.

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This week, central and local leaders of Bangladesh Poultry Industries Association (BPIA) and National Council to Protect Poultry Farms of Bangladesh (NCPPFB) urged the government to take effective steps including special budgetary allocation of 30 billion taka (BDT) for further growth of the country's potential poultry industry.

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IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, will work with German Development Cooperation and Infrastructure Development Company Ltd. to promote sustainable waste management in Bangladesh's poultry sector, a waste-to-energy initiative promising multiple benefits to poultry farmers and others.

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The Bangladeshi veterinary authority sent Follow Up Report No. 24 dated 25 April to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE).

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Bangladesh Bank has directed all banks not to grant any kind of loan facilities for tobacco farming as it poses a serious health hazard. The central bank yesterday in a circular said no loan for tobacco farming would be given to farmers directly or in any other form.

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Bangladesh Bank has directed all banks not to grant any kind of loan facilities for tobacco farming as it poses a serious health hazard. The central bank yesterday in a circular said no loan for tobacco farming would be given to farmers directly or in any other form.

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Paragon broiler integration in Bangladesh is launching a new venture under the name of Paragon Agro Limited. As a wholly owned subsidiary of the Paragon Group, Paragon Agro Limited has invested in the first Novogen layer GP farm and hatchery in the country, to produce, market and distribute both brown and white layer parent stock.

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The avian flu situation in Bangladesh has remained stable with significantly less outbreaks reported during 2009 and 2010, the World Bank said Sunday. But, the bank said, "Bangladesh still faces the risks of further outbreak as it is probable that the virus exists in dormancy in the country, as 50 percent of its national poultry flock is backyard poultry."

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The veterinary authority in Bangladesh sent Follow Up Report No. 23 dated 2 March to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE).

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The veterinary authority in Bangladesh sent Follow Up Report No. 23 dated 2 March to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE).

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Ministry vets have culled about 13,000 chickens after fresh outbreak of bird flu in the country last month, officials said Monday

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The Bangladeshi veterinary authority has sent Follow Up Report No. 22 dated 31 January to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE)

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Bangladesh has resumed export of frozen shrimps to the European Union following a self-imposed ban of eight months, exporters said on Wednesday

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Bangladesh harvested a bumper crop of the rain-fed Aman rice this season, totalling more than 13 million tonnes compared with 11.61 million a year earlier, a senior official at the agriculture ministry said. In the latest August-December season farmers used more land to cultivate the Aman variety, encouraged by higher prices of food grains, the official said.

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Parliament in Bangladesh has passed a bill prohibiting use of antibiotics, growth hormone, steroid and harmful pesticides in animal and fish feeds

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Parliament passed a bill earlier this week prohibiting the use of antibiotics, growth hormones, steroid and harmful pesticides in animal and fish feeds

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The parliament is expected to frame the Fish and Poultry Feed Act and the Hatchery Act to regulate fish and animal feed production, prevent contamination and deal with other compliance issues

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Poultry businessmen have demanded cancellation of the government's decision to import eggs and chicks from India, according to New Nation of Bangladesh

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The government of Bangladesh is set to pass a tough new law in the next session of the parliament to regulate fish and animal feed manufacturing and stop cancer-causing antibiotics being passed into the food chain. Fisheries

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THE domestic dairy industry has developed to a notable extent. But this development is still far below the country’s potential

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Fisheries and livestock departments have formulated a draft Fish and Animal Feed Law,

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A top EU team will visit fish farms and processing plants in Bangladesh in January to find out whether what the country prouces matches the quality required by European consumers. Exporters and officials have termed the visit by the European Union Food and Veterinary Office in January an 'acid test' for the shrimp industry, saying it would determine the course of the second largest export earners.

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HSBC is is one of several banks in a syndicate offering long-term financing poultry companies. One of the latest to benefit is Kazi Farms Group.

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HSBC is is one of several banks in a syndicate offering long-term financing poultry companies. One of the latest to benefit is Kazi Farms Group. The Hongkong and

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A new centre is to be set up to improve safety practices for aquaculture. An Aquaculture Food Safety Centre is going to be set up in Bangladesh to provide training on good aquaculture practices, according to BDNews24.

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Farmers in eight monga prone districts will be able to produce an additional 10 lakh tons of Aman paddy within a couple years by cultivating a new variety of paddy (BINA-7) developed by the Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture (BINA). This was disclosed

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As the government has given special attention to agriculture sector in this year’s budget, banks have come up with the biggest ever credit programme to boost the country’s agro- based economy. Officials said the agriculture sector would get highest Taka 11,512.30 crore credit from various public and private banking channels this fiscal, which

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Large-scale farming of flash-flood tolerant varieties of Aman crop can produce an additional six million tonnes paddy annually to make the country completely self-reliant in food production and a rice exporting nation. The authorities concerned are now in the final stage to officially release these varieties this year to enable the farmers cultivate at larger scales from the

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Rotating cultivation of rice, wheat and other crops under bed-planting system can double the yield in the northern districts, particularly in the high and dry Barind belt, according to an on-the-ground research finding. Agricultural scientist Dr Ilias Hossain told the news agency that optimistic results were found in the research on cropping pattern, conducted at different

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The government has announced that shrimp exports to the EU countries will resume on 15 November. Omar Faruque, public relations officer at the ministry, told BD News 24 that minister Abdul Latif Biswas would formally announce the decision on 1 October. Shrimp exporters imposed

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The two-day workshop titled 'Shrimp Export from Bangladesh: Potentials & Challenges' organised by the Market Development Forum kicked off at Sheraton Hotel to bring the industry stakeholders together to draw up the opportunities and challenges

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Indian integrator Godrej Agrovet plans to invest $12-13 million, along with its partner, into its Bangladesh joint venture ACI Godrej Agrovet to expand capacity. The company is also targeting over 20% growth in its poultry feed business in the next fiscal.

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The veterinary authorities have reported a new case of H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) to the World Organisation

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Rush-hour traffic on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway was halted for over an hour yesterday as the members of Narsingdi district unit of Bangladesh Poultry Industries Association blockaded the busy route to protest government decision to import eggs from

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Poultry farmers in Bangladesh opposed their government's latest decision to allow import of eggs on the ground that it would spread bird flu in the country."As India is facing a threat of severe avian influenza virus outbreak, imported Indian eggs could also spread the epidemic in the country," Abdul Bareq Sarker, president of the Bangladesh’ organisation for poultry farmers’ rights

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The veterinary authorities have informed the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) about one new outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). The Bangladeshi veterinary authority sent Follow up Report No. 19 dated 14 July to OIE. It reports one new case

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Bangladesh’s Provita Group has commissioned Pas Reform to refit existing hatchery operations with Smart hatchery equipment, as part of a programme to support the company’s expansion.The refurbishment, which will include the installation of SmartSet™ Setters, SmartHatch™ Hatchers, hatchery automation and climate control systems, will raise production to 250,000 d.o.c per week by the end of this year, with plans to further increase weekly targets to 0.5 mln d.o.c. by the end of 2010. Pas Reform Academy will provide a full onsite training programme, as well as ongoing monitoring and advice to tailor Provita’s incubation programmes for peak performance. The Provita Group entered

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The veterinary authorities have reported two new cases of H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE). The Bangladeshi veterinary

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China may well be stamping its presence in the Australian wool market, but one of its western located Asian compatriots has been steadily building up its woolen textile manufacturing sector under its nose.

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The culling of poultry in the farms during the last two years for bird flu threat in Bangladesh caused the biggest sustained loss to a highly prospective and emerging economic sector since the independence of the country (1971).The Bangladesh poultry sector has been expanding in recent years creating income and jobs at the grassroots.

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A team from the campaign group, Asia Solidarity Against Industrial Aquaculture (ASAI), visited the Bangladesh's honorable agriculture minister, Begum Motia Chowdhury, in order to express their concern about the proposed Shrimp Policy which they believe will have negative impacts on the local communities.

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Thousands of shrimp and freshwater fish farmers in Satkhira suffered a setback as cyclone Aila washed away most of the shrimp enclosures and water bodies in the area.

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More than 1,800 chickens have been culled in southeastern Bangladesh this week after avian flu was detected on a farm, an official said Tuesday.

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The shrimp export industry is now under threat from substandard lobster fry smuggled into the country, and the cultivators, according to recent media reports, have expressed their worries with the prospect.

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