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The crux of the problem is, India has world's largest cow population, but it's people do not eat cow meat. Smuggling cow from India to Bangladesh is one of the most lucrative smuggling activity in the world. It's profit margin is 10 times. A lot of poor villagers in border region are desperate to get a slice from it. And they stop at nothing. If you have watched this video, BSF kill equal number of Indian citizen also. So, it is more of a general human rights violation issue. Fortunately in last 2-3 years, this killing reduced by 80-90 percent due to several factors.
Beef export to start in 2 years
Bangladesh will start exporting beef within two years as the nation is likely to become self-sufficient in meat production by that time. Newly appointed fisheries and livestock minister Narayan Chandra Chanda told this to The Independent yesterday.
He rejected a proposal given by some businessmen to import beef from India. “Now the nation is producing 71 lakh tonnes of meat against an annual demand of 68–70 lakh tonnes. We're now meeting the demand through local production. So, we've already informed the commerce ministry in a letter about the rejection of the businessmen’s proposal to import beef from India,” the minister said in reply to a query.
Local farmers would be seriously affected if beef is to be imported from India. The acceptance of the businessmen’s proposal would be a suicidal decision, he added.
The meat price has dropped by about Tk. 100 per kg. Beef is now selling for Tk. 400–450 per kg in the kitchen markets.
“We'll be able to export red meat within two years if the present production trend can be maintained,” the minister said.
http://www.theindependentbd.com/post/131043