Sheikh Arif Bulbon

The spread of deadly bird flu in the country has forced the closure of 40 per cent of the poultry farms and left half a million poultry workers jobless, said officials of the Bangladesh Poultry Association.
The virus was still ‘under control,’ although it has spread to 43 out of the country’s 64 districts, forcing authorities to slaughter some 800,000 birds, said the Livestock officials.
Abdul Baki, Principal Scientific Officer of the Livestock Department, said, “It is a natural disaster like cyclone or floods. [Read more]