Govt asks for buying, selling sacrificial animals online

The Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock has called upon farmers and customers to buy and sell sacrificial animals using the online platforms on the occasion of the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha.

The government has launched online platforms across the country for buying and selling sacrificial animals to prevent spread of Covid-19, the ministry said in a circular issued here on Sunday.

Earlier on Sunday, Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister Tajul Islam inaugurated a virtual marketplace – Digital Haat (www.digitalhaat.net) – to enable selling and buying of sacrificial animals.

“We conceived the idea of creating a digital platform for safer purchase and selling of sacrificial animals to curb the Covid-19 resurgence in the country in 2020," he said during the launch.

The Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC), ICT Division, E-Commerce Association of Bangladesh (e-CAB) and Bangladesh Dairy Farm Association will jointly operate the online platform.

State Minister for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak said: “We have given directives to the all-districts administrations to launch a digital haat connecting with the all upazilas.