Govt permits Import of Indian onions through Hili
The government has given permission to import 150 tonnes of onions from India through Hili Land Port in Dinajpur to check spiral hike in price...
The government has given permission to import 150 tonnes of onions from India through Hili Land Port in Dinajpur to check spiral hike in price...
PRICES of onions, eggs of farm chickens and vegetables registered a fresh increase on the kitchen market in Dhaka in the past week. Prices of onions registered the highest increase of Tk 20 a kilogram, that too, in a couple of days. Onions on August 8 sold for Tk 80–85 a kilogram, up from Tk 60–65. The prices, however, ranged between Tk 65 and Tk 70 on the wholesale market...
Vegetables, onions, potatoes and edible oil continued to be sold at high prices, while the prices of coarse rice, broiler chicken and eggs dropped slightly on Dhaka’s kitchen markets over the week ending Friday.
The Bangladesh Trade and Tariff Commission has recommended the National Revenue Board to withdraw the existing 5 per cent customs duty on import of onions to reduce the price of the essential commodity on the local market...
The government has decided to start selling of potatoes, eggs, onions and different vegetables under open market sale in the capital from today...
Onion prices have become volatile again on the kitchen markets in the capital Dhaka with the prices of the essential commodity rising further...
The prices of eggs and onion continued to rise while that of other essential commodities, including vegetables, remained excessively high on the kitchen markets in the capital Dhaka over the week ending Friday...