ISLAMABAD – On Wednesday, 82-ton of Pakistani onions landed at the HazratShahjalal International Airport in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Recently, India placed a ban on the export of onions to Bangladesh, whichled to an acute shortage of onions.
Bangladesh decided to bring down the prices of onions back to normal levelsby importing onions from Pakistan. In this regard, a cargo plane of SilkwayWest Airlines carrying 82-ton of Pakistani onions landed at Dhaka Airporton Wednesday.
According to Assistant Commissioner of Dhaka Customs House, Sazzad Hossain,Bangladesh will import more Pakistani onions in the coming days.
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Earlier, the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) directed traders tosell onions at Tk45 per Kg to make the onions affordable for the commonman. Moreover, on 14th November, a group of traders from Chittagong dumped20 tons of rotten onions in the Chaktai Canal of Karnaphuli River.
