Bangladesh, Sept. 23 -- The onion prices have gone through the roof. The pungent tuber has become 40 per cent costlier in past seven days and nearly 70 per cent over a period of one month.
The consumers are hard hit as the consumption level of onion either as spice or as vegetable has increased notably in recent years. This, possibly, has much to do with the rising income of the people.
The soaring prices of onion, however, again brought to the fore the weaknesses on the part of relevant government agencies that are responsible for market monitoring and doing the needful to keep prices of essentials within the reach of the most consumers.
When onion price at the retail level increased by Tk 15 a kg about a month back, a onion seller at a...