A writ petition was filed with the High Court, seeking its direction to import live cows and beef to make these affordable for the people. The writ petition was filed with the department concernment of High Court on Tuesday (June 20).
Supreme Court lawyer Md Mahmudul Hasan filed the writ petition as a public interest litigation.
Secretary the Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock, secretary of the Ministry of Commerce, and the chairman of Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) were made respondents in the writ petition.
Mentioning different benefits of beef for the human body, the petitioner in his plea said that the common people are not being able to enjoy it for continuous high price in the local market.
“The TCB has failed in observing its legal duty by not importing live cows and beef from abroad,” the petition added.
The prices of beef in the market have increased too much and now being sold at the rate of Tk. 750 to 850 per kg. Beef has already gone beyond the affordability of the lower and lower-middle class people, it said.
According to the import policy 2021-24, beef is an importable product. Additionally, according to section 12 of The Trading Corporation of Bangladesh Order 1972, it is the legal duty of TCB to ensure the supply of products to the market by ensuring the supply of products to the market and keeping the market price affordable.
