Dhaka, July 29 -- The Bangladesh Marginal Poultry Industry Protection Association has urged the government to implement a 6-point demand to rescue marginal poultry farmers from soaring production costs and corporate market manipulation.

At a roundtable discussion held in Jatiya Press Club on Wednesday, the association's Founding Chairman, Md. Mofijul Islam (Mollik), warned of countrywide protests-including a sit-in program in the capital's Shahbagh wearing shrouds-if their demands are not implemented by August 17.

Speakers at the seminar alleged that despite six years of continuous advocacy, marginal farmers are facing extinction due to the unbridled prices of poultry feed, day-old chicks, and veterinary medicine, compounded by corporat...