TCB to sell onion at Tk40 per kg today

State Minister for Commerce Ahsanul Islam Titu on Monday said that the state-run Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) would start selling onion imported from India at Taka 40 per kg from Tuesday (April 2).

In its first consignment, some 1,650 metric tonnes of onion has already arrived in the country from India. The TCB will sell such onion at Dhaka, Chattogram, and in Gazipur at Taka 40 per kg.

Commerce Ministry Senior Secretary Tapan Kanti Ghosh on Monday said, "The first consignment out of 50,000 metric tonnes of onion has already arrived in the country from India while the sale of this onion would start from tomorrow (Tuesday)."

Earlier on Sunday, the State Minister informed that the imported onion from India would be sold at Dhaka and Chattogram at Taka 40 per kg.

He also hoped that under such initiative, the price of onion would come down to Tk40 per kg in at least some 30 districts out of 64 districts.

The imported onion from India would be sold at some 103 spots in Dhaka, 55 spots in Chattogram, 17-20 spots in Gazipur simultaneously at Taka 40 per kg. Each truck will contain 10 tons of onion.