Bangladesh, Dec. 8 -- Although the kitchen markets in the capital have seen the huge supply of both the imported and newly-harvested onions in the last few days, the prices of the cooking ingredient is still too high.

Visiting a number of kitchen markets in the city, the UNB correspondent found the local variety of onion being sold at Tk 220-250 per kg while the imported one at Tk 100-180 at the retail market on Saturday.

According to the Ministry of Commerce, 4,159 tonnes of onion were imported through different ports on Thursday alone.

It also said the import will continue until the supply of onion and its prices become normal.

Last week, Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi also said the onion price will become stable within the first wee...