Bangladesh, Nov. 16 -- Onion price in the city's wholesale markets remained almost unchanged on Saturday compared to Friday's amid fall in sale after the government's announcement to import it from different countries on an emergency basis but it continued to soar in retail markets.

Talking to UNB correspondents, onion traders said the number of buyers have come down while the price at wholesale markets remained unchanged after the government announced to import it from Egypt and other countries by cargo planes.

Mohammed Abu Bakar Siddique Ali, a wholesaler at Karwan Bazar, told UNB that he sold onion at Tk 220 to TK 230 per kg on Friday night but he has been selling it at Tk 220 per kg since Saturday morning.

Another wholesaler, Hrido...