KATHMANDU, Sept. 28 -- Food Management and Trading Company (FMTC) has been selling away the onions seized from the black marketers in the Kathmandu Valley some two weeks ago at much cheaper price.

The state-owned trading entity is selling the seized vegetable at Rs 60 per kilogram from its office in Thapathali. A large number of people have queued at the FMTC premises since the early morning to purchase the onions at a lower price than sold in the market in Kathmandu Valley.

According to Rana Bahadur Budhathoki, Chief of FMTC's Bagmati Province Sales Department, one person can get a maximum of three kilograms, according to FMTC. Of the selling price, Rs 52 will go into the national treasury while Rs 8 will be deposited into the accounts...