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India's onion farmers cry foul at politicians' price recipe

Almost every Indian meal requires an onion -- one of the cooking essentials along with sugar and lentils that sweet-talking politicians use to curry favour with their voters by lowering costs

Onion seeds may get expensive for low yield

Onion seeds are often referred to as “black gold” by farmers in the Rajshahi region due to their dark shade and high market value. This stands true for the fact that when planting ran from October to early December last year, the seeds were sold at an average of Tk 5,000 per maund in the district, some 250 kilometres west of the capital.

'Onion import bar may go if prices continue rising'

Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi says

100% dependency on India for onion a wrong decision: Minister

Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi has said he could not predict exactly when onion price will come under control in the country.

Onion price: No quick fix to bring normalcy; need long-term plan

Onion prices go beyond the capacity of general people as the prices of the essential cooking ingredient have already broken the previous records.

Onions should not make you cry

When things hit rock bottom humans have a tendency to find ways to laugh at them. It is related to that ambivalence of a bizarre event when you don’t know whether to laugh or cry.

Onion to be sold in open market from tomorrow

Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) will start open market sales (OMS) of onion tomorrow in its bid to curb spiralling prices of the essential cooking ingredient, an official says.

Onion prices drop

Onion prices fell yesterday at both retail and wholesale markets due to an increased supply of early harvested onion and India's reduction in the minimum export price.

May 30, 2024
May 30, 2024

India's onion farmers cry foul at politicians' price recipe

Almost every Indian meal requires an onion -- one of the cooking essentials along with sugar and lentils that sweet-talking politicians use to curry favour with their voters by lowering costs

April 7, 2024
April 7, 2024

Onion seeds may get expensive for low yield

Onion seeds are often referred to as “black gold” by farmers in the Rajshahi region due to their dark shade and high market value. This stands true for the fact that when planting ran from October to early December last year, the seeds were sold at an average of Tk 5,000 per maund in the district, some 250 kilometres west of the capital.

May 21, 2023
May 21, 2023
May 11, 2023
May 11, 2023

'Onion import bar may go if prices continue rising'

Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi says

December 1, 2019
December 1, 2019

100% dependency on India for onion a wrong decision: Minister

Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi has said he could not predict exactly when onion price will come under control in the country.

November 1, 2019
November 1, 2019

Onion price: No quick fix to bring normalcy; need long-term plan

Onion prices go beyond the capacity of general people as the prices of the essential cooking ingredient have already broken the previous records.

October 5, 2019
October 5, 2019

Onions should not make you cry

When things hit rock bottom humans have a tendency to find ways to laugh at them. It is related to that ambivalence of a bizarre event when you don’t know whether to laugh or cry.

September 16, 2019
September 16, 2019

Onion to be sold in open market from tomorrow

Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) will start open market sales (OMS) of onion tomorrow in its bid to curb spiralling prices of the essential cooking ingredient, an official says.

January 22, 2018
January 22, 2018

Onion prices drop

Onion prices fell yesterday at both retail and wholesale markets due to an increased supply of early harvested onion and India's reduction in the minimum export price.

December 10, 2017
December 10, 2017

Onion selling at Tk 120 a kg

Onion prices shot up to Tk 120 per kg in the kitchen markets of the city, an average rise of 28 percent from last week.

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