DHAKA, Oct 8, 2021 (BSS) - Fisheries and Livestock Minister SM Rezaul Karim

today said the price of eggs would be reduced by public-private joint
ventures so that every people in the country can consume eggs.

  "To build a prosperous nation, we are trying to reduce the price of
eggs.... Eggs are one of the most nutritious foods and it increases immunity
and antibodies," he said addressing a discussion marking World Eggs Day with
the theme 'Eat Your Egg Today and Every Day' at a city hotel, said a press
release.

  Department of Livestock, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United
Nations (FAO), World Poultry Science Association-Bangladesh Branch and
Bangladesh Poultry Industries Central Council (BPICC) jointly organised the
event.

  The discussion was presided over by BPICC President Moshiur Rahman while
Secretary of the ministry Raunak Mahmud, Director General of the Department
of Livestock Dr. Sheikh Azizur Rahman, and FAO Bangladesh Representative
Robert D. Simpson and BPICC Vice President Shamsul Arefin Khaled, among
others, were present.

  Professor Dr M Shawkat Ali of Poultry Science Department of Bangladesh
Agricultural University and Chief nutritionist of BIRDEM Hospital
Shamsunnahar Nahid Mahua presented the keynote papers.