DHAKA: Poultry farmers in Gazipur staged a protest by smashing hundreds of eggs on the Dhaka–Mymensingh Highway on Saturday, demanding fair prices for their produce and immediate government action against what they described as a syndicate manipulating the egg market. According to Dhaka Tribune, around 50 farmers, under the banner of the Shimultala Poultry Farmers Association of Kawrai, Sreepur, gathered at Jainabazar in Sreepur upazila at 11:30 am. They formed a human chain before breaking eggs on the highway to highlight the severe financial losses facing egg producers.
