Tk 47,560 urea seized
Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) yesterday seized 4,756 kilogram (KG) of urea worth Tk 47,560 while being smuggled out to Myanmar through Bethboniya point of Teknaf border in Cox's Bazar. But none was arrested in this connection.
Smuggling of urea through Ukhiya and Teknaf is a common phenomenon here. This has created an acute scarcity of urea resulting in its high price at local markets, BDR officials said.
A 50 kg bag of urea is now being sold at between Tk 550 to 600 in different markets here against the government fixed price of Tk 280, traders and farmers said.
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