Bangladesh’s Chief Adviser Dr. Muhammad Yunus has called for coordinated initiatives to address the growing challenges in the livestock sector, emphasizing its crucial role in national economic growth. Speaking via video message at the inauguration of National Livestock Week 2025 in Dhaka, Yunus highlighted the sector’s contribution to employment, women’s empowerment, and nutrition. He identified climate change, antibiotic resistance, zoonotic diseases, and feed management as major challenges. The interim government, he said, is working tirelessly to overcome these issues. Planning Adviser Wahiduddin Mahmud stressed the need to support local dairy and poultry farmers to reduce import dependence, while Livestock Adviser Farida Akhter emphasized animal welfare and the preservation of indigenous breeds. Officials noted that Bangladesh now has over 85,000 commercial farms and nearly 191,000 small poultry farms producing around 668 million eggs daily. The event marked the first nationwide observance of Livestock Week under the theme “Local breeds, modern technology: progress in livestock.”
দেশের অর্থনীতিতে প্রাণিসম্পদ খাতের গুরুত্ব তুলে ধরে অন্তর্বর্তী সরকারের প্রধান উপদেষ্টা ড. মুহাম্মদ ইউনূস বলেছেন, প্রাণিসম্পদ খাতের চ্যালেঞ্জ মোকাবিলায় সমন্বিত উদ্যোগ গ্রহণ করতে হবে। তিনি বলেন, উৎপাদন থেকে বিপণন-সব প্রক্রিয়ায় প্রাণিসম্পদ খাতের নীরব অ
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