A Supreme Court lawyer, Mahmudul Hasan, has filed a writ petition with the Supreme Court of Bangladesh, seeking a directive to the government to allow the import of cow and beef to reduce the rising beef prices in the country. The petition, which names the secretaries to the fisheries, livestock, and commerce ministries, as well as the chairman of the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB), as respondents, argues that the high prices of beef are no longer affordable for the lower and lower-middle class. The petition cites section 12 of the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh Order, 1972, which mandates the TCB to ensure the supply of products to the market and maintain affordable market prices. The petition alleges that the TCB has failed in its duty.