They demand lowering the fee to Tk 4 per kg, down from the recently imposed Tk 8 per kg

The reduced import taxes will remain effective until Nov 30 this year

Importers have again taken to bringing over potatoes through Dinajpur’s Hili Land Port after nearly one and a half months as prices had started to rise, though local harvests are about to end.

A supply disruption is causing the consumers to pay more for purchasing potatoes

The production cost of potatoes nearly doubled this year in comparison to last year due to an increase in prices of potato seeds, fertiliser and irrigation, raising concerns about a further increase in retail prices of the tuber.

Bangladesh, which usually exports potato, has imported the tuber for the first time for domestic consumption in a frantic effort to curb spiraling prices of the popular vegetable.

Imported eggs will reach Bangladesh in 3-4 days, the minister says

The DNCRP conducted the drive in Dhaka’s Karwan Bazar today