Low prices offered by Milk Vita, the sole government-owned dairy factory of the country, has been driving local dairy farmers to turn to unhygienic and unregulated private companies, cutting Milk Vita's dairy production in half.

A report on the diminishing business between local dairy farmers and Milk Vita, and the subsequent rise of an unhygienic milk storing and transporting facility at Arkandi village in Pabna's Faridpur was published in The Daily Star. Star News+ presents the gist of the story