Bangladesh onion price
2 traders jailed for illegal sale of OMS onions
A mobile court of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) has sentenced two traders to six months’ imprisonment for selling OMS (Open Market Sale) onions illegally.
1.67 lakh metric tonnes of onion imported in 3 months: Customs intelligence
The country has imported over 1,67,806 tonnes of onion since August at a cost of Tk 660 crore.
TCB scales up selling onions at Tk 45 per kg
Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) has scaled up sale of onions at Tk 45 per kilogramme at divisional and district levels throughout the country.
Onions from Egypt to arrive tomorrow
The first consignment of Egyptian onions will arrive in Dhaka tomorrow, a press release of the commerce ministry says.
Onion price: BNP to stage demo Monday
BNP will stage demonstration across the country including Dhaka on Monday protesting the abnormal price spiral of onion and other daily essentials.
First consignment of onion to arrive from Egypt Tuesday
The first consignment of onion will arrive from Egypt on Tuesday, according to a commerce ministry official.
Govt to fly in onion from abroad next week
After all its mechanisms went in vain to cool down the overheated onion market, the government has decided to fly in onion from abroad next week in a bid to pull reins of the onion price.
Onion crisis created artificially: MPs to JS
Senior treasury and opposition bench lawmakers strongly criticise government for their failure to check the skyrocketed price of onion.
Onion price under control, claims industries minister
Industries Minister Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun in the parliament claims that the onion price has come under control at present.
Onions should not make you cry
When things hit rock bottom humans have a tendency to find ways to laugh at them. It is related to that ambivalence of a bizarre event when you don’t know whether to laugh or cry.
Onion prices fall at wholesale
Amid increased import of onions from Myanmar, prices of the essential cooking ingredient came down a little in the capital’s wholesale markets yesterday, a day after the price skyrocketed following an export ban by India.
Country’s onion stocks now 3 lakh tonnes: Commerce secy
Amid the skyrocketing price hike of onion, Commerce Secretary Jafar Uddin warns that the government would go for tough legal action if anyone attempts unstable the market.
Onion price shoots up by around 71% in a day
Onion price at the retail markets in Bangladesh goes up to around 71 per cent per kg within a day, the highest level in last several years, as the wholesalers reportedly jacked up the price following India’s ban on the ingredient export.
Onion to be sold in open market from tomorrow
Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) will start open market sales (OMS) of onion tomorrow in its bid to curb spiralling prices of the essential cooking ingredient, an official says.