The prices people get for cattle slaughtered on Eid-ul-Azha are “not reasonable” and the latest government decision aims to ensure that they get the fair price, Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi says.

“We have set up expensive machineries for processing rawhide and manufacturing leather goods. Now if the government allows exports of raw hide, our investment will be compromised,” said Shamsul Huda, ...

Rawhide traders running small-scale operations are in trouble as they cannot sell their salt-cured hides at prices of their expectations due to influential traders seeking to slow the pace of ...

Meanwhile, Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi has blamed business syndicates for the low prices of raw hides of sacrificial animals during the Eid-ul-Azha. “We had fixed the price of raw hide, ahead of Eid ...

The situation has indeed improved from the grim picture of the past two years. In recent years, there has been a marked decline in the rawhide collection as stocks from previous years drove down ...

Tannery owners will be buying per square foot of raw cow hides at Tk70 to Tk75 in the capital and Tk60 to Tk65 across the country during Eid-ul-Azha this year, cutting raw hide prices by more than 16% ...

More than an hour's drive from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia's capital, on a winding road through mountains and high plateaus, sits a modern leather-processing factory owned by Chinese investors. China-Africa ...

Are rawhide bones good for dogs? As a practicing veterinary surgeon with more than 13 years of experience, I often encounter questions from dog owners about the safety and suitability of various chew ...