Meat Traders Co-operative Association in Sylhet has suspended the sale of beef and mutton from Thursday morning demanding a hike in prices fixed by the local administration.
Abdul Khalik, general secretary of the association, said that the Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) fixed the prices of beef at Tk600 per kg and mutton at Tk850 per kg.
"If we sell meat at the prices fixed by SCC we have to count losses. We have been urging SCC Mayor Ariful Haq Chowdhury to raise the prices of mutton and beef for the last one month but their prices remained the same. So, we have decided to refrain from selling meat," he said.
The decision was taken at an emergency meeting of the association early Thursday.
He also threatened that they will not resume selling beef and mutton until their demand is met and also asked the government to fix a price for meat across the country.
