Saad International brought the onion from Karachi by an Azerbaijan-based Silk Way Airlines plane, Dhaka Customs House Assistant Commissioner Sazzad Hossain said. Onion prices have continued to surge since Sept 29 when India banned exports to control domestic prices, prompting the government to take several measures to tame the spiralling price. The prices continued to rise and hovered around Tk 250, a record in Bangladesh, over the weekend. It later decided to import onion through airways for faster shipments. The government has also decided to waive cargo handling charges on onion imports on the flights of flag carrier Biman Bangladesh Airlines.

Source: bd News24 November 20, 2019 15:33 UTC