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The Bangladeshi poultry industry has demanded waiver of "turnover tax" on their businesses amid spread of the Avian influenza virus attack and higher import cost because of US dollar appreciation, industry people said. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/080212/bangladesh___poultry_industry_in_turmoil.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT After the procession at Pukhuridanga village, a rally was held at a local school where joint secretary of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) central committee Nazmul Haque Prodhan among others spoke while former schoolteacher Kamaluddin Ahmed chaired it. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/291111/bangladesh___poultry_farm_problems.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Sat, 03 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT Over 11,000 poultry birds were culled and 43,000 eggs destroyed after the bird flu virus was detected at a poultry farm in Bangladesh. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/011211/bangladesh___bird_flu_back.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Thu, 01 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT The poultry industry in Bangladesh has multi-dimensional prospects, reports Financial Express of Bangladesh. It has already shown some promises about increasing protein availability of the country's vast population. Traditional poultry – reared naturally and in an unplanned manner – have been the mainstay for many years. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/311011/bangladesh___the_poultry_industry.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Mon, 31 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT The poultry industry in Bangladesh has multi-dimensional prospects, reports Financial Express of Bangladesh. It has already shown some promises about increasing protein availability of the country's vast population. Traditional poultry – reared naturally and in an unplanned manner – have been the mainstay for many years. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/281011/bangladesh___the_poultry_industry_.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Fri, 28 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT Bangladesh will share a new strain of bird flu virus, identified as a possible pandemic threat, with US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (US CDC) to develop 'seed virus,' key ingredient to make a vaccine in emergency. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/121011/bangladesh___bird_flu_problems.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Wed, 12 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT The move will open up the $660 billion global halal food market to food processors in Bangladesh according to a report in the Asia Times. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/051011/bangladesh___the_halal_industry.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Wed, 05 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT An unusual rise in the price of one-day-old chicks and poultry feed has come as a serious blow to the already limping poultry industry in eight districts of Rangpur division, according to Daily Star of Bangladesh. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/060911/bangladesh___poultry_farm_problems.aspx 5mpublishing Tue, 06 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT The veterinary authority sent Follow Up Report No. 34 dated 7 July to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE). http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/010811/bangladesh___bird_flu_back_.aspx oie.com Mon, 01 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT A third of the country's farm-raised chicken has been decimated by the latest outbreak of the bird-flu, a top poultry farmer has said Thursday, demanding compensation for the affected farms. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/250711/bangladesh___bird_flu_problems.aspx oie.com Mon, 25 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT Poultry farm owners in the Barisal region are facing setbacks due to high price of chicks and poultry feed, reports Financial Express. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/180711/bangladesh___problems_in_the_poultry_industry.aspx 5mpublishing Mon, 18 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT Bengal Meat Processing Industries, an internationally certified meat producer and exporter, expects to ring up Tk 400 million in overseas sales this year by doubling its halal meat export. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/080711/bangladesh___halal_meat_boom_.aspx halalfocus Fri, 08 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT Bangladesh's long-term outlook as a leading producer of poultry products remains bright despite the bird flu outbreak that has held off its potential, speakers at a meeting said yesterday. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/210611/bangladesh___poultry_production.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Tue, 21 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT The government is allowing the import of eggs and chicks from India although the local poultry industry suffers losses because of surplus production, egg and chick raisers have alleged. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/260511/bangladesh___poultry_imports.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Sun, 29 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT In the wake of bird flu 'outbreak', poultry farm and hatchery owners have demanded a ban on import of chicks and eggs from India. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/260511/bangladesh___more_calls_for_poultry_ban.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Thu, 26 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT There have been 31 new outbreaks of H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/120511/bangladesh___more_bird_flu.aspx oie.com Thu, 12 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT Enterprises working in the poultry sector have blamed the increase in poultry feed prices, government's failure to provide incentives to the sector, low market price of eggs and chickens and bird flu as the main reasons, according to Gulf Times. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/280411/bangladesh___drop_in_poultry_production.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Thu, 28 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT A total of 6,000 poultry birds were culled and 29,000 eggs damaged following outbreak of bird flue at a hatchery at Kashada village under Shivalaya upazila on Tuesday and Wednesday night. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/190411/bangladesh___more_birds_culled_with_avian_flu.aspx oie.com Tue, 19 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT According to Financial Express of Bangladesh, 23 countries including the US, German, Franch, China, India and Pakistan will take part at the three-day event schedule to be held at Bangabandhu International Conference centre in the city. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/110411/bangladesh___international_poultry_show_.aspx 5mpublishing Sun, 17 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT With fresh cases of avian influenza or bird flu being detected at a government-run farm in western Tripura, the authorities Tuesday started culling more than 7,000 poultry birds at the farm to contain the spread of the disease, officials said here. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/250311/bangladesh___bird_flu_cull_begins_.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Sat, 26 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT New cases of bird flu outbreak continue to ravage Tripura, sending the officials into deep funk. About 400 birds died of avian influenza last week at Gandhinagar poultry farm. This outbreak and die-off comes close on the heels of the outbreak in R.K.Nagar poultry farm last month. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/250311/bangladesh___bird_flu_sweeps_through_asia_.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Sat, 26 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT At least 6,838 poultry and 2,609 eggs of two poultry farms under sadar upazila of Gazipur were destroyed yesterday and on Thursday night following detection of avian influenza. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/220311/bangladesh___bird_flu_problems.aspx oie.com Tue, 22 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT New cases of bird flu outbreak continue to ravage Tripura, sending the officials into deep funk. About 400 birds died of avian influenza last week at Gandhinagar poultry farm. This outbreak and die-off comes close on the heels of the outbreak in R.K.Nagar poultry farm last month. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/250311/bangladesh___bird_flu_sweeps_through_asia.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Mon, 21 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT The veterinary authority sent Follow Up Report No. 29 dated 24 February to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE). http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/140311/bangladesh___bird_flu_strikes_again.aspx oie.com Mon, 14 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT An outbreak of H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has been confirmed at a farm in the Dhaka region of Bangladesh. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/220211/bangladesh___oie_confirms_hn.aspx oie.com Tue, 22 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT The authorities sent Follow Up Report No. 27 dated 3 February to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE). http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/180211/bangladesh___bird_flu_confirmed_.aspx oie.com Fri, 18 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT The veterinary authority has sent Follow Up Report No. 26 dated 10 January to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE). http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/260111/bangladesh___bird_flu_back_again_.aspx oie.com Wed, 26 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT Rainbow Pharmaceuticals, an upcoming Dhaka based company has been appointed to distribute Avitech products addressing the poultry and cattle segment in Bangladesh. Rainbow Pharmaceuticals is a new business venture of Dr. Motiar Hossain, a qualified veterinary doctor from Bangladesh Agriculture University with 10 years of senior management experience in sales and marketing in the Animal health industry. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/261210/bangladesh___avitech_appoints_distributor_in_bangladesh_.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Tue, 28 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT Economy of the country performed reasonably well during the first quarter of the present fiscal, even though the performance of different sectors and sub-sectors was mixed, according to a review of the Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI). http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/191110/bangladesh___farming_performs_well_.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Fri, 19 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT The poultry industry is otherwise known to hold out multi-faceted prospects for the Bangladesh economy. An opinion piece in Financial Express of Bangladesh states that it has already shown the way to increasing protein availability of the vast population of the country. Traditional poultry – reared naturally and in an unplanned manner – have been the mainstay for many years. But the needs of the growing population dictated planned breeding of poultry birds to cope with the higher demand. Thus, planned breeding of poultry that started from the eighties is now a well-established field of activities in the country. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/311010/bangladesh___poultry_industry_problems_.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Sun, 31 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT Health officials in Bangladesh are working to contain an outbreak of anthrax that has affected the price of leather, the BBC reported Wednesday on its website. The latest outbreak, which was first detected in Sirajganj in August and has now spread to 12 districts, is believed to have been caused by the slaughtering of infected cattle and selling or eating the contaminated meat, the report said. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/261010/bangladesh___anthrax_hits_cattle_trade.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Mon, 25 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT Indian poultry giant Venkateshwara Hatcheries Group (VH Group) has launched its operations in Bangladesh. The $650 million conglomerate, which claims to be the largest fully integrated poultry group in Asia, looks to produce broiler and layer food locally, said a company statement. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/121010/bangladesh___poultry_expansion_.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Tue, 12 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT The company is looking to bring in state-of-the-art technology to the Bangladeshi poultry sector, according to Daily Star. The US$650 million conglomerate, which claims to be the largest fully integrated poultry group in Asia, says the company plans to replicate its Indian success through revolutionising the poultry sector in Bangladesh. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/071010/bangladesh___new_poulty_operation_.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Thu, 07 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT Anthrax fears among consumers have encouraged people to farm poultry more amid rising prices of chicken, but the supply of chicks is less than expected, reports Daily Star of Bangladesh. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/300910/bangladesh___fears_over_anthrax_.aspx oie.com Thu, 30 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT According to reports on the BBC, Bangladesh is now on high alert following the outbreak in the north of the country. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/140910/bangladesh___anthrax_confirmed_in_livestock_.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Tue, 14 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT Bangladesh has decided to allow import of day-old broiler and layer chicks and also eggs from India to break the monopoly of some big companies in the country’s poultry sector and also to meet the country’s increasing demands, reports Gulf Times. Sharful Alam, secretary in the ministry of fisheries and livestock, has said that the import of poultry products from India would begin within a week. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/140910/bangladesh___easing_of_poultry_restrictions_.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Tue, 14 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT 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. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/080910/bangladesh___dealing_with_anthrax_in_cattle_.aspx oie.com Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT "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 . http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/310810/bangladesh_anthrax_confirmed_.aspx oie.com Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT 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. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/260810/bangladesh___crisis_in_the_poultry_industry_.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Thu, 26 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT 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. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/130810/bangladesh___the_poultry_industry_.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Fri, 13 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT 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. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/030810/bangladesh___poultry_industry_growing_.aspx 5mpublishing Tue, 03 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT 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. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/290710/bangladesh___tannery_waste_in_poultry_feed_.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT 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. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/270710/bangladesh___animal_feed_and_hide_waste_.aspx 5mpublishing Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT 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. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/210710/banglasesh___wheat_from_canada_.aspx albertafarmeaxpress Wed, 21 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT 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. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/090710/bangladesh___the_poultry_industry_.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Fri, 09 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT 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. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/050710/bangladesh___higher_poultry_prices_.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Mon, 05 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT 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. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/280610/bangladesh___bird_flu_confirmed_.aspx oie.com Mon, 28 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT 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. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/220610/bangladesh___poultry_losses_over_bird_flu.aspx 5mpublishing Tue, 22 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT 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. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/010610/bangladesh___farming_aid_from_usa_.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Sun, 06 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT 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. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/030610/bangladesh___poultry_industry_in_turmoil_.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Fri, 28 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT