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

Potatoes are at least 50 percent costlier than a year ago owing to lower production, tight supply, and the profiteering tendency among a section of people in the supply chain, dealing a blow to the consumers already reeling under higher inflation.

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

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.

In a first for Bangladesh, the commerce ministry yesterday decided to allow potato imports in an effort to increase supply of the tuber and thereby curb prices in the domestic market.

The price of potatoes is now on the rise in different markets in Munshiganj in line with the spiralling cost of other essentials.