The government then started selling onion at fair prices on trucks in Dhaka and raided warehouses to stop illegal stockpiling. On Friday, traders at several kitchen markets in Mirpur were selling onion at up to Tk 90 per kg. The prices rose up to Tk 100 at Moghbazar. Wholesale prices rose by up to Tk 7 per kg on Thursday after “some of the onion from Myanmar rotted”, trader Idris Ali Madhu at Shyambazar wholesale market told bdnews24.com. Trader Polash Saha at the wholesale market in Mirpur Section-1 cited the same reason behind the rise of onion prices.

Source: bd News24 October 11, 2019 18:00 UTC