Bird flu slashes poultry sales in Bangladesh by 20 percent
BANGLADESH - Avian influenza has slashed sales of poultry and poultry products by 20 percent in Bangladesh, the local daily The Financial Express reported Monday.

Poultry industry faces uncertainty
BANGLADESH - Leaders of World Poultry Science Association Bangladesh Branch (WPSA-BB) yesterday said the latest outbreak of the bird flu virus will hit hard the export potentials of the country's poultry products.

Bangladesh culls 30,000 chickens
DHAKA - Bangladeshi authorities recently culled about 30,000 chickens at a state-owned farm after many died mysteriously, sparking fears of a bird flu outbreak that later proved unfounded, an official and a domestic news agency said Thursday.

Poultry waste can generate 6MW electricity a day
BANGLADESH - As much as six megawatt electricity can be generated everyday from poultry excrement at Gazipur poultry zone, also known as the 'Poultry capital', experts said at a seminar in Gazipur.

Pas Reform seeks further growth with new representative in Bangladesh
BANGLADESH - Leading Dutch hatchery technology company Pas Reform has appointed Zahidul Islam, to represent its interests in the dynamic and rapidly-growing poultry sector of Bangladesh.