onion price in bangladesh

Potato, onion prices fall after duty cut: tariff commission

The reduced import taxes will remain effective until Nov 30 this year

India to source onion from domestic market to export to Bangladesh

India’s National Cooperative Export Ltd will purchase 1,650 tonnes at Rs 29 a kg

‘Some traders exploiting onion price differences of India, Bangladesh’

India’s Consumer Affairs Secretary Rohit Kumar Singh says today in New Delhi

'Onion hoarders will be punished'

The director general of the Directorate of National Consumers Right Protection says

1.7 tonnes of onion found in shop with ‘No onion’ sign

DNCRP fined four traders in Chattogram Tk 40,000

Higher onion set price doubles production cost

Onion set prices have doubled in Bangladesh, dashing the hopes of the inflation-hit people for an immediate reduction in the prices of the key cooking vegetable through the cultivation of early winter varieties.

India moves to curb onion exports

It raises minimum export price of onion by four times to $800 a tonne

Traders leave shops vacant during DNCRP drive

The DNCRP conducted the drive in Dhaka’s Karwan Bazar today

Tk 16.2 crore incentive for summer onion growers

The move comes when India imposes 40% export duty on onion

August 22, 2023
August 22, 2023

Lift import tariffs on onion

The Bangladesh Trade and Tariff Commission (BTTC) yesterday requested the revenue authority to lift all import tariffs on onion until December 31 this year as its domestic prices spiked after India slapped 40 percent export duty on the vegetable.

August 21, 2023
August 21, 2023

Tariff commission wants zero import duty on onion

The commission writes a letter to the NBR

July 6, 2023
July 6, 2023

Now onion price on the rise

Onion prices have gone up in both wholesale and retail markets in Bangladesh in the span of a week owing to the higher cost of imported varieties of the kitchen staple.

May 11, 2023
May 11, 2023

'Onion import bar may go if prices continue rising'

Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi says

March 21, 2020
March 21, 2020

Onions prices slashed by half after mobile court shows up at Jatrabari market

The price of onion is slashed by half in Jatrabari wholesale market, one of the largest wholesale markets for essential items in the country, after mobile court fines traders there.

December 2, 2019
December 2, 2019

No syndicate in onion market

Tofail Ahmed, chairman of the parliamentary standing committee on commerce, yesterday said there was no syndicate in the onion market and that the prices of the bulb could not be brought down by force.

November 25, 2019
November 25, 2019

Onion prices spike, so do vegetables’

With onion prices remaining high and unstable, consumers are bearing the brunt of high prices of essential foods, including vegetables, according to shoppers and market data.

November 16, 2019
November 16, 2019

Where did the rotten onion come from?

As onion prices spiral out of control fuelled by a supply shortage, a huge amount of rotten onion was found to be dumped in Chaktai canal adjacent to Karnaphuli River.

October 5, 2019
October 5, 2019

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.

October 2, 2019
October 2, 2019

Traders must sell onions at govt-fixed rate: DSCC Mayor

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Sayeed Khokon says traders in his area will have to sell onion at the price fixed by the government, otherwise, actions will be taken against them.