Onion price
Harvest of young onions behind price hike: Razzaque
Agriculture Minister Dr Muhammad Abdur Razzaque here on Monday said the price of onion is not marking any fall as there is a shortage of the bulb after farmers harvested young onions for more profits following an export ban by India.
Onion price still remains high; consumers upset
The onion price remained unchanged at Tk 180-200 per kg at the retail market in the capital on Monday although it fell by Tk 30-40 at the wholesale market compared to Sunday’s one.
New harvest, imported onions fail to cool down overheated market
Although the kitchen markets in the capital have seen the huge supply of both the imported and newly-harvested onions in the last few days, the prices of the cooking ingredient is still too high.
5 reasons behind Khulna’s empty onion wholesale markets
There is no supply of onions at 33 wholesale markets at different points in the city since Sunday night. Although the government has started importing onions from Egypt, Pakistan and some other countries, the amount is still lower than the local demands.
30,000 maunds of onion arrive from Myanmar
About 30,000 maunds of onion were imported from Myanmar through Teknaf land port on Monday alone.
Tear-jerking onion prices get hotter
The prices of onion jumped up to Tk 25 per kg in the capital’s wholesale markets on Sunday on supply crunch of the bulb, traders said.
Another cargo flight with 105 mts Egyptian onion lands
Another cargo aircraft carrying 105 metric tonnes of imported onion from Egypt arrived here on Thursday evening.
First planeload of onion arrives
A cargo aircraft carrying imported onion from Pakistan arrived here on Wednesday evening.
Plane with onion from Egypt now to arrive Wednesday: Minister
Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi on Tuesday said the first consignment of Egyptian onion, which was scheduled to arrive here today, will now enter the country on Wednesday.
70 sacks of rotten onion dumped under Cumilla bridge
Cumilla, Nov 18 (UNB) – Seventy sacks of rotten onion have been dumped under a bridge in Daudkandi upazila.