Onion Price Hike

Onion price jumps up to Tk 120 a kg

Ruma Akhter, an employee of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, could not believe her ears yesterday when a trader at the capital’s Karwan Bazar asked Tk 104 for a kilogram of onions.

Onion price soars even in peak season

It is peak harvest season, but the price of onion has soared by Tk 10 per kilogram at the capital’s kitchen markets over the last three days.

Onion prices soar despite sufficient supply

The prices of onion have shot up despite adequate supply, according to a Bangladesh Trade and Tariff Commission (BTTC) report -- laying bare the extent of market manipulation by a section of dishonest traders.

‘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

Onions sting / Prices soar, consumers hit hard

Prices of onion increased by Tk 100 or more per kg overnight as traders began stockpiling following the news that India had extended a virtual restriction on its export.

Onion prices surge for supply squeeze after India’s export ban extension

Retailers were selling the homegrown variety of onion at Tk 200 a kg at Karwan Bazar today, compared with Tk 130 on Thursday

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.

Onion prices jump overnight

Onion prices at wholesale and retail markets in Bangladesh rose yesterday after India set a minimum price of $800 per tonne on exports of the bulb.

July 6, 2024
July 6, 2024

Onion price jumps up to Tk 120 a kg

Ruma Akhter, an employee of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, could not believe her ears yesterday when a trader at the capital’s Karwan Bazar asked Tk 104 for a kilogram of onions.

January 27, 2024
January 27, 2024

Onion price soars even in peak season

It is peak harvest season, but the price of onion has soared by Tk 10 per kilogram at the capital’s kitchen markets over the last three days.

December 12, 2023
December 12, 2023

Onion prices soar despite sufficient supply

The prices of onion have shot up despite adequate supply, according to a Bangladesh Trade and Tariff Commission (BTTC) report -- laying bare the extent of market manipulation by a section of dishonest traders.

December 11, 2023
December 11, 2023

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

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

December 11, 2023
December 11, 2023

'Onion hoarders will be punished'

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

December 10, 2023
December 10, 2023

Prices soar, consumers hit hard

Prices of onion increased by Tk 100 or more per kg overnight as traders began stockpiling following the news that India had extended a virtual restriction on its export.

December 9, 2023
December 9, 2023

Onion prices surge for supply squeeze after India’s export ban extension

Retailers were selling the homegrown variety of onion at Tk 200 a kg at Karwan Bazar today, compared with Tk 130 on Thursday

November 14, 2023
November 14, 2023

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.

October 30, 2023
October 30, 2023

Onion prices jump overnight

Onion prices at wholesale and retail markets in Bangladesh rose yesterday after India set a minimum price of $800 per tonne on exports of the bulb.

October 13, 2023
October 13, 2023

Delayed cultivation a concern for onion farmers

The cultivation of a variety of onion, known as Kondo in Bangladesh, has been delayed due to excessive rain early this month, when farmers plant seedlings of the crop before harvesting it in early winter