The government will sell milk, egg, and meat at subsidised rates for mass people at 10 locations in the capital from Sunday. Fisheries and Livestock Minister SM Rezaul Karim will inaugurate the sale at the Livestock Services Department premises in the city, the ministry said in a press release issued on Saturday. The Fisheries and Livestock Ministry decided to implement the mobile marketing system to meet people’s needs of animal protein and nutrition keeping the prices stable and increasing the supply of meat, milk, egg with the assistance of traders, producers and supply chain stakeholders. Also read: Prices of essentials to stay tolerable during Ramadan: PM The sale of the food items will continue till 28th  Ramadan where the government’s mobile vehicles will sell pasteurized milk at Tk 60 per liter, beef at Tk 550 per Kg, mutton at Tk 800 per Kg, dressed broiler chicken at Tk 200 per Kg and four eggs at Tk 30. The mobile sale activities will be launched at 10 locations in the city initially. These are Abdul Gani Road adjacent to the secretariat, Khamarbari Gol Chattar, Japan Garden City, Mirpur 60 feet road, Ajimpur Matrisadan, Noyabazar in old town, Arambagh, Notun Bazar, Kalshi in Mirpur, and Jatrabari. Also read: Ramadan begins in 40 Chandpur villages Livestock and Dairy Development project under the Livestock Services Department will provide overall assistance in the sale activities. Besides, Bangladesh Dairy Farmers’ Association (BDFA) and Bangladesh Poultry Industries Central Council (BPICC) are involved in it.

Milk is filled with essential nutrients such as calcium, phosphorus, B vitamins, potassium, and vitamin D. Besides, it is really a good source of protein. If somebody takes milk and dairy products regularly, he or she can cut the risk of osteoporosis and bone fractures. Moreover, milk helps an individual maintain a healthy weight. However, many kids and even adults do not like the taste of milk and try to avoid it. No way! Milkshakes can be a delicious and nutritious way to consume milk everyday. You can try these healthy milkshake recipes at home. Appetizing and easy-to-make milkshakes menus Milkshakes are healthy, tasty, and easy to prepare. So, when you are in a hurry, you can take any milkshake for your whole family as breakfast, a light lunch, and even a quick refreshment when on the go. Milkshakes are not only delicious but also appeal to our sense of nostalgia. Sometimes, children dislike milk but in the case of milkshakes, they are really crazy! Let's checkout some delicious milkshake recipes. Oreo Milkshake This classic milkshake is a combination of ice cream and milk. You will find this yummy milkshake in the dinners and dairy shops. It is also available in fast-food shops. But you can make this healthy milkshake at home easily. Just need simple ingredients! Ingredients One-pint vanilla ice cream, 1 cup milk, 8 Oreo cookies, 1 tas chocolate sauce, 2 Oreo cookies to garnish How to Prepare First, blend the vanilla ice cream, milk, 8 Oreo cookies, and the chocolate sauce in until it becomes smooth. Then, use the other 2 Oreo cookies for the garnish. Finally, pour the milkshakes into 2 tall glasses and top each with the crushed Oreo cookie crumbs. Garnish with a straw. Read Tiffin Ideas: Healthy Recipes for Your Kid's School Lunch Box Strawberry Milkshake Strawberries are packed with essential nutrients like vitamin-C, potassium, manganese, folate, etc. When combined with milk it becomes a healthy drink. Strawberry Milkshake will give you fresh strawberry flavor. It is a creamy, frothy, sweet, and icy cold milkshake. Ingredients Half pound fresh strawberries, 1 tablespoon sugar, one teaspoon vanilla extract, 1-pint vanilla ice cream, 1/2 cup milk How to Prepare First, take all the ingredients in one place. Then, cup the top side of the strawberries and slice them into a few pieces. Put the sliced strawberries, sugar, and vanilla extract in a medium-size bowl and mix them well. Put aside and allow to sit for 20 minutes to 1 hour. Blend the strawberries with any juices, ice cream, and milk until they become smooth. Pour into a glass and ready to serve. Read Healthy Salad Ideas with Recipes to Try at Home Chocolate Milkshake Chocolate is a rich source of iron, protein, calorie, dietary fiber, magnesium, etc. You can make this chocolate milkshake with just 3 simple ingredients. But try to use high-quality ingredients. If you use good chocolate syrup, you will have the perfect flavor. Ingredients Two cups vanilla ice cream, half cup cold whole milk, 1/4 cup chocolate syrup, whipped cream, and shaved chocolate to garnish. How to Prepare First, take the ice cream, milk, and chocolate syrup in a  blender and blend until it becomes smooth. Then take your glasses top with whipped cream, and decorate with shaved chocolate. Now it is ready for service. Read Khichuri Recipes: 7 varieties of yummy nutritious Khichdi to try at home Peanut Butter Milkshake Peanut butter contains zinc, protein, vitamin B-6, magnesium, niacin, phosphorus, etc. If you or your kid are fans of this food, this peanut butter milkshake would be a nice treat. This drink is definitely enjoyable as it is sweet and a little salty. Moreover, it is honestly simple to prepare. Ingredients Two cups vanilla ice cream, 3/4 cup whole milk, half cup creamy peanut butter, whipped cream, and chopped peanuts to garnish (optional) How to Prepare First, assemble all ingredients and put the ice cream, whole milk, and peanut butter in the blender. Blend them smoothly. Finally, pour them into glasses. Put whipped cream and chopped peanuts on the top to garnish. Read Winter Cake Ideas: Yummy Recipes to add your baking bucket list Chocolate Hazelnut Milkshake Consuming Chocolate Hazelnut a person gets Thiamin, protein, magnesium, fiber, manganese, vitamin-E, carb, and fat. This ingredient can make the milk more delightful. You can try this chocolate flavor milkshake recipe at home easily. Ingredients One cup cocoa powder, 2 tbsp hazelnut paste, 1 cup cream, one cup milk, chocolate, some nuts such as hazelnut or almonds for garnish. How to Prepare First, take all ingredients in a blender and blend them together. Then, pour the mixture into a glass and garnish it with some chocolate shavings and a few nicely sliced hazelnuts or almonds. Read Office Lunch Ideas: Healthy, easy, cheap lunch recipes to pack for work Date Milkshake Besides calorie, carb, protein and sugar, Dates offer essential nutrients and minerals like calcium, iron, fiber. If your kids are not much interested in eating dates and/or milk you can prepare date milkshakes. This healthy drink will also cherish the children who dislike milk. People say it is a simple but heavenly milkshake. Ingredients 1/4 cup deseeded and chopped dates, 2 tbsp Sugar, 720 ml Milk, 1 cup crushed Ice How to Prepare First, blend the dates and ½ cup of milk. Then, add the rest of the ingredients, blend at high speed, and serve in four glasses. Read Healthy Winter Soup Ideas and Recipes to Help You Get Through the Cold Weather Almond Saffron Milkshake Almonds are a divine source of vitamin-E, fiber, magnesium, phosphorus, riboflavin, and good saturated fat. On the other hand, Saffron is rich in Potassium, Niacin, Vitamin-C, Vitamin-B-6, Riboflavin, and Vitamin A. This milkshake is extremely nutritious. As a pre-work drink it can give instant energy to boost the body and mind. Ingredients Two Tbsp almonds, 1 Tbsp walnuts, one tsp flax seeds, 1 tsp honey, 2-4 saffron, strands, 250 ml milk How to Prepare First, take almonds, walnuts, and flax seeds to grind them well. Then, put all ingredients in a blender to blend them well. Finally, it is ready to serve. Read Office Breakfast Ideas: Quick, healthy, delicious breakfast recipes for busy mornings Banana Milkshake Bananas are an excellent source of vitamin B6, potassium, vitamin C, fiber, diverse antioxidants as well as phytonutrients. When mixed with milk, Banana creates a salubrious drink. Both kids and adults will like this amazing beverage. It has huge health benefits also. Ingredients One cup chopped banana, 1 cup Milk, 1/4 cup Cream (optional), 1/2 tsp Vanilla essence, 1/2 cup Ice (crushed) How to Prepare First, blend all the ingredients to make them smooth. If you like to have it thicker, you can add some milk powder. Then pour the crushed ice on top. Finally, enjoy the drink! Read Winter Achar Recipes: Tantalising Sweet, Sour, Spicy Pickles Beetroot Milkshake Beetroots are enriched with manganese, fiber, vitamin C, iron, folate (vitamin B9), potassium, etc. This vegetable improves blood flow, lowers blood pressure, and increases performance while exercising. Beetroot Milkshake is not only an invigorating drink but also very nice and tasty. Ingredients 2 beetroots, boiled with skin on, peeled, and cut into chunks, 2 Tbsp sugar syrup, 125 ml milk, chilled, 1 tsp cinnamon powder, 2 scoops of vanilla ice cream How to Prepare First, blend the beetroot and then add sugar syrup, milk, crushed ice, and cinnamon powder and blend again. Next, add vanilla ice cream and mix and serve. Read Top breakfast sandwich recipes to kick off your day deliciously Musk Melon Milkshake Muskmelon is rich in vitamin A, fibre, protein, vitamin C, folate, potassium, and calories. Surprisingly, this wholesome vegetable can be used in preparing delicious and nice milkshakes. If you are bored with regular milkshake recipes, try this one. Ingredients One cup chopped musk melon, 1 cup Milk, 1/4 cup Cream (optional), half tsp vanilla essence, 1/2 cup crushed  ice, 1 scoop of Vanilla Ice Cream How to Prepare First blend all ingredients, except ice cream. Then, pour the mixture into a glass top with ice cream and serve. Read Child-friendly Winter Drinks to Keep Your Family Healthy, Warm and Cozy Bottom Line Milk is a health-giving food. When combined with some salutary ingredients milkshakes become more delectable drinks. So far we have 10 exquisite and nourishing milkshake recipes to prepare at home without investing much time and energy. All of the ingredients are popular and easy-to-find. Choose the most savory milkshake for you and your family for healthy living.

Milk is an ideal food because it has all kinds of nutrients, but adulterated milk can cause serious damage to your body. Not only excessive water but also washing powder, carbohydrates, formalin, urea, and various chemicals are being mixed with milk. Such toxic substances cause watery eyes, irritated nose, and throat, cough, dizziness, severe skin irritation, etc. Finally, heart attack, breast and intestine cancer can occur. Even women are at risk of miscarriage due to adulterated milk. So let's get to know how to check adulterated milk to avoid this horrible loss. Testing adulterated milk at home Monitoring milky stain To find out if there is water mixed in the milk, drop a drop of milk in a bright-clean sloping place. If the milk droplet forms a white line on the back while rolling, then there is no water mixed in the milk. On the other hand, if the drop of milk starts rolling fast on the sloping place without any line ensures the water in the milk. Read: Quit Smoking: How to prevent Nicotine addiction Verifying the viscosity Take a drop of water on the finger or palm of your hand. Then rub it with a drop of milk like cream. If you find it a little sticky, then the milk is pure. Rubbing adulterated milk on your hands will make a feel slippery like soap. Verifying Odor and taste If you get the smell of soap or soda, while smelling the raw milk well, then that milk is never free from adulteration. This way you can easily recognize synthetic milk. Synthetic milk containing a variety of chemicals causes a different smell from pure milk. Moreover, pure milk is also quite sweet to eat. Contrarily, if you have adulterated milk without boiling it, you will get a slightly bitter taste. Read:IKIGAI: The Japanese Secret to a Long Healthy life Testing Carbohydrate’s presence When pure milk is boiled, there is not much color difference. If the milk turns yellow as soon as it is heated, then you will understand that it has been mixed with carbohydrates. Also, take 5 ml milk and mix 2 teaspoons of salt in it. If the milk turns bluish, then the milk must contain carbohydrates. Read: Intermittent Fasting: Health Benefits and Risks Solidified milk observation Boil slowly in a bowl with some milk on low heat for at least 2-3 hours. After a certain period, the milk will lose its liquidity and turn into solidified milk at its residue. If this milk becomes rock solid, then the milk is adulterated. Testing Urea’s presence It is hard to detect the presence of urea in milk as the differences between pure milk and urea mixed milk are hardly visible. Here is what you can do: Make a mixture by mixing one teaspoon of milk with one teaspoon of soybean pulse powder. Then keep stirring the mixture well for 5 minutes. Then dip a litmus paper in it. If the mixture turns from red to blue after 30 seconds, you will understand that the milk contains urea. Read: Can I take COVID vaccines from two different brands? Inspecting the washing powder’s presence Nowadays you will often see the news of mixing detergent, soap powder, and shampoo in milk on TV and newspapers. To see if there is such washing powder in the milk, take 5-10 ml of milk and the same amount of water in a bottle and shake it well. If it results in long-lasting foam, then you can be sure that washing powder is mixed with milk. Summing Up Both creating public awareness about adulterated milk and ensuring legal action are important as well as the importance of milk in the daily diet to be included in the theme of World Dairy Day. You must be careful when buying milk for the health of you and your family. Read Top Bangladeshi Milk and Dairy Companies, Brands

The country's milk demand has increased over the last decade, and currently, the total demand for milk is around 152.02 lakh tons annually. The good thing is that the country's milk production has also been increased by three times over the past decade and now has the capacity to fulfill two-thirds of the total demand. However, 10% of the total production goes to local milk brands, and the rest of the 90% has to be sold immediately. Right now, 14 registered companies produce and supply dairy, milk, and pasteurized products to the market. Among them, Milk Vita, Aarong, and Pran have been holding 80% of the market share. Besides, there are few other companies who are trying to become the market leader. In this context, let's discuss the best Bangladeshi Milk and Dairy Companies, Brands. Top Milk and Dairy Companies, Brands in Bangladesh Milk Vita Bangladesh Milk Producers' Cooperative Limited owns Milk Vita, which is a cooperative society run by the government of Bangladesh. The company's main goal is to improve the socio-economic condition of small, marginal, and landless dairy farmers in Bangladesh through the production, processing, and marketing of dairy and dairy products. Established in 1973, it is currently holding 70% of the market share. Its main product is liquid milk, which is sold under the name "Milk Vita". In addition to liquid milk, the company also sells ghee, butter, ice cream, sweet yogurt, sour yogurt, cream, chocolate, and cloves. Also Read: Passive Income Ideas in Bangladesh in 2021 Aarong Dairy Aarong dairy products are sold under the BRAC Dairy, which started their operation in 1998. The aim of the company was to start an income generation sector for rural dairy farmers. Usually, the demand for milk in the villages was low, and farmers did not have any means to preserve the milk for a long time. As a result, they had to dump the extra milk or had to sell it at a lower price. BRAC Dairy came forward to resolve this and provide a fair price to the dairy farmers and meet the demand in the urban areas. Besides liquid milk, Aarong Dairy also sells powder milk, flavored drinks, yogurt, yogurt drink, butter, ghee, cheese, and sweets. Read Best Water Filter price in Bangladesh with Buying Tips PRAN Dairy Ltd PRAN Dairy is a sister concern of PRAN Group, which is claimed to be the second-largest dairy products processor in Bangladesh. They have several states of the art UHT, pasteurized yogurt, and powder processing plant. PRAN has seven different product lines under their dairy products including, butter, cheese, milk, ghee, powder milk, value-added milk, and yogurt. Although, there have been controversies about the quality of PRAN Dairy products. But it seems they have overcome all the drawbacks as they are exporting their goods to several countries. Read Top Biscuit and Bakery Companies, Brands in Bangladesh Farm Fresh Milk Farm Fresh Milk is the dairy products wing of Akij Food and Beverage Limited. They usually collect the milk from rural farms and sell it to the market after processing through several steps. Farm Fresh ensures quality through the required microbiological and adulteration tests in its own laboratory when collecting milk directly from farmers. Furthermore, after cooling the milk in a state-of-the-art manner at its own chilling center, the farm transports it to its own tanker at a controlled temperature and brings it to the Fresh Fresh factory. Besides milk, Farm Fresh also sells yogurt, butter, ghee, chocolate milk, and other dairy related products. Also Read: Small Business Ideas for F-commerce Startups in Bangladesh during Pandemic Aftab Milk Aftab Milk and Milk Products Limited offer pasteurized milk through its modern Danish automatic milk pasteurization plant. The plant can process and pack 1,500ltr/hr. Besides, the company also provides technical expertise and support to the farmers to bring out quality products and improve milk production. However, Aftab Milk is relatively new in the industry, and they have a long way to go. Aftab Milk only offers pasteurized milk, ghee, and yogurt in their product line.  Danish Dairy Farm Ltd (Ayran) Danish from Partex Group is widely popular for its condensed milk, which is one of the top brands in Bangladesh. However, recently, they launched a new brand named Ayran to offer more dairy goods to the local market. They used to sell full cream milk powder and condensed milk under Danish. But with the newly added brand Ayran, Danish Dairy Farm Ltd will sell pasteurized milk and yogurt. Apparently, other products will be introduced soon as the demand for dairy goods has been increasing. Igloo Dairy Limited Igloo started its operation in the dairy industry on August 31, 2004, with the aim to offer pasteurized milk to the local market and increase their ice-cream production capacity. Igloo has found that the per capita milk consumption has been increased in Bangladesh. In this context, Igloo Dairy set up a plant to produce 14,000 liters per day from the initial 5,000 liters. They envisioned producing cheese, skimmed milk powder, UHT, FCMP, functional milk, and butter in international standards. Currently, Igloo Dairy offers pasteurized milk, mango milk, chocolate milk, sweet curd, sour curd, ghee, and a dairy chocolate bar. Also Read: Best Credit Cards in Bangladesh: A Comparative Analysis American Dairy Limited (MOO) American Dairy Limited started its operation in 2010 with a limited number of cattle. Over the past ten years, they have improved their farm's production and launched pasteurized milk, yogurt, sweet yogurt, sour yogurt, ghee, and full cream milk powder. Although the MOO products are not widely used, they are growing as a company. Besides the dairy products, they have other cattle farm-related products. Apart from these top milk and dairy companies in Bangladesh, there are nine companies that supply milk power to the markets. The nine companies are New Zealand Dairy (Diploma), Meghna Group (Fresh), Arla Food (Dano), Partex Group (Danish), Nestle Bangladesh (Nido), Pran Dairy Brac Dairy (Aarong), Abul Khair Group (Marks), and Milk Vita.  Read Top FMCG Companies in Bangladesh: At a Glance

Pran Dairy has continued collecting milk from its contractual dairy farmers amid the nationwide lockdown – put in place to curb Covid-19. As Covid-19 cases and fatalities have been on an upswing in the country, the dairy processor is creating awareness among the farmers so that they can supply milk to the collection centres, following proper health guidelines.       Maksudur Rahman, assistant general manager (operation) of Pran Dairy, said: "We are collecting milk from our 12,000 contractual farmers regularly." Read Lockdown: Sirajganj dairy farmers in trouble again "Dairy farmers cannot sell milk now as hotels and sweet shops are closed. However, we are collecting all of the milk that the farmers are delivering to our centres." He also said Pran has five hubs in Chatmohar of Pabna, Gurudaspur of Natore, Shahjadpur and Baghabari of Sirajganj and Rangpur; there are 101 collection centres under the hubs. "Recently, we have taken steps to increase the number of our collection centre in the southern region. Also, we have set up some collection centres in Satkhira and also started collecting milk from there. Farmers are supplying milk at the collection and chilling centres, maintaining social distancing and following health guidelines," Maksudur said. Read Coronavirus: PRAN Dairy collects 2 lac liters of milk from farmers Kamruzzaman Kamal, marketing director of Pran-RFL Group, said: "We are being able to provide products to the customers, thanks to the government's decision to keep the supply of agriculture, dairy and other essential products normal." "The demand for milk, generally, increases during Ramadan. So, we have introduced home delivery facilities for milk and dairy products," he said in a media release.  Read PRAN Milk Powder launches ‘Amar Little Star’ campaign

The dairy farmers of Shahjadpur upazila in Sirajganj district have run into trouble again as the ongoing lockdown has choked the sales of milk they produce. Shahjadpur upazila produces some 20.50 lakh litres of milk a day, but now thousands of litres of milk are wasted due to drop in its sales and lack of storage facilities, the farmers alleged.  As the demand for milk in the open market is declining due to the closure of sweetshops, tea stalls and lack of people at haats and bazaars, farmers are counting huge losses. Visiting different areas of the upazila, the UNB correspondent found many of the farmers staging protests by dumping milk on the streets. Many farmers were also seen roaming at local markets to sell off cows as no option is left for them. Also read: Jashore dairy farmers count losses as demand falls According to Sirajganj District Livestock office, a milk-processing factory was set up in 1983 in Sirajganj by Milk Vita, a cooperative state-owned enterprise.  And then the upazila saw the mushrooming of cattle farms within years.

Dhaka, July 31 (UNB) – Claiming that tests carried out in an Indian laboratory found no harmful chemical in locally-produced milk, Agriculture Minister Dr Abdur Razzaque on Wednesday said it is completely safe for human consumption.

Dhaka, Jul 31 (UNB) – The Appellate Division on Wednesday stayed a High Court order for five weeks clearing ways for 11 more pastuarised milk companies to produce, distribute and sell milk.

Dhaka, July 30 (UNB) - The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed a High Court order for eight weeks that asked 14 pasteurised milk-producing companies to refrain from producing, marketing and selling milk for five weeks, clearing the way for Pran Milk and Farm Fresh to produce and sell milk.