Under 18 not allowed to slaughter animals

The Local Government Division (LGD) has selected 6,233 designated places for slaughtering sacrificial animals on this year's Eid-ul-Azha to speed up the management of waste disposal after the slaughters.

Of these, 2943 spots are fixed for 11 city corporations while the rests are for district towns.

The decision was taken at a meeting on “Slaughtering Sacrificial Animals on Designated Spots and Speedy Disposal of Waste during Eid-ul-Azha” organised at Bangladesh Secretariat.

Mayors, acting mayors and chief executive officers of the city corporations and officials of Islamic Foundation were present at the meeting, presided over by Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister Khandker Mosharraf Hossain.

The city corporations have prepared a list of 4,885 Imams and 12,638 butchers, which will be uploaded soon, sources said.

In the meeting, it was also decided that anyone under 18 will not be allowed to slaughter sacrificial animals.

“Anyone below 18 is considered children. There is a possibility of having a negative impact on the minds of children, if they are allowed to slaughter animal,” he said.