After onion, rumours [over salt] have been spread to embarrass the government,” Molla Salt General Manager Abdul Mannan told bdnews24.com on Tuesday night. A quarter spread the rumour on social media of a stock shortage of salt. Many bought salt to stockpile fearing more price rise.”“There is no dearth of salt stock anywhere in the country,” he said. A quarter is trying to make some extra profits by fooling the people with rumours.”“Please publish it quickly that there is no shortage of salt stock,” he pleaded. Around 60 percent of the salt sold in Bangladesh is unpacked product while ACI supplies 30 percent of the packaged salt market, according to Alamgir.

Source: bd News24 November 19, 2019 16:41 UTC