Bangladesh, Sept. 17 -- Prices of onion increased further by Tk 5.0 a kilogramme in the city's retail markets on Monday.
The key spice was traded between Tk 65 and Tk 75 per kg on the day.
Traders, however, attributed the price hike to higher import costs of Indian onion.
In the wake of an unusual hike of the onion price, Trading Corporation of Bangladesh will finally start its open market sale (OMS) from today (Tuesday) in some places of Dhaka city.
Though the commerce ministry decided to launch the OMS of onion from Monday, the TCB couldn't start it due to lack of its preparations, said officials.
Onion prices witnessed a Tk 15-Tk 20 hike at retail and Tk 14-Tk 16 a kg at wholesale markets in last three days after the Indian governme...