Dhaka, Bangladesh Global: The first imported consignment of onions will enter Bangladesh from India on Friday (March 29).
Rezwanur Rahman, additional secretary of the commerce ministry, said "The first phase of 1,650 tonnes of onions to reach Bangladesh from India by train on Friday. Later, the rest will come by turns."
He disclosed these to media on Thursday.
The government took the initiative to import onions from India in G-to-G basis as the onion prices have risen abnormally in the country. But the Indian government imposed a ban to export onions as the prices increased in their internal market. For this, suddenly, the onion prices rose too in Bangladeshi markets.
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