Restriction on import of day-old chick

      A number of hatchery owners have been charging Tk 70 for a day old chick since last year whereas, if business ethics is followed,the price of a chick should not be more than Tk 20.This has pushed up the price of  egg and chicken exorbitantly . As a consequence ,thousands of short and medium poultry farms could not make sustainable profit and a good number also faced closure.
     In the recent past that when the government decided to allow the import of chick ,hatchery owners convened a press conference and misled the public that Indian chicks would bring bird flu and destroy thousands of poultry farms in the country .In fact,they are jeopardising the poultey farms by charging irrationally high prices.They managed to persuade the government decision-makers to impose a ban and other restrictions on import of day old chick,egg and chicken .This is a conspiracy to monopolise the poultry business.