Bangladesh, March 30 -- The imported tag on the tub-like plastic container of a kilogram of honey declares that its maximum price is Tk 650. Imported from China, the Husein company's honey is imported by a local trading agency -perhaps the only importer to do so. Now it is intriguing to see that a grocer at Mohammadpur Krishi Market sells the honey at Tk 630 but the super shop in its neighbourhood just an earshot away, the price tag displays the price at Tk 715 for the same brand.
What is even more intriguing is that a consumer has to pay VAT amounting to Tk 36 on top of the displayed price. But when the grocer sells the same, he accepts Tk 20-30 less than the price tag pasted on the container. Now the question is, how much should the pric...