, June 4 -- More than 93 lakh animals were sacrificed across Bangladesh during this year's Eid-ul-Azha while 29 lakh animals remained unsold, said State Minister for Fisheries and Livestock Ministry Sultan Salauddin Tuku on Thursday.

A total of 9,367,418 animals were sacrificed during the festival, up by 231,418 from last year's 9,136,000, he said at a press conference at Secretariat.

The country successfully met 100 percent of the demand for sacrificial animals through livestock reared by local farmers, demonstrating the self-reliance of Bangladesh's livestock sector, he said.

He also attributed the success to the hard work of millions of farmers, investments by entrepreneurs, the tireless efforts of officials and employees of the Dep...