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Onion-filled aircraft will arrive in the next few days: PM
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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that initiatives have been taken to import onion by cargo aircraft to control the onion market. The onion will arrive in the air within the next two days.
The Prime Minister said, "We have started bringing onions by renting air cargo to avoid the problem of onion price hike." The onion will arrive by air in the next few days. ”
The Prime Minister said this while addressing the chief guest at the inauguration of the Third Quarter National Council of Bangladesh Awami Volunteer League at the historic Suhrawardy Gardens this morning.
She said the government would look into any conspiracy behind the unusual onion price rise. But I do not know why onion prices are so high in our country. "We want to see if anyone is involved in such a conspiracy," he said.
The Prime Minister said, "If anyone wants to raise onion by raising the price of two onions now, they also have to worry - the onions will also rot. The rotten onions are now trying to dry. However, why bother people? "
She strongly condemned a self-styled campaign against the country in the interest of individuals and groups, saying, "When people are good, healthy. Then there is a class they suffer from, they suffer from illness. People will consider how they can cure the disease, they will see. "
Sheikh Hasina said, “The more we move and the better the people are. An attempt is made to create an issue and not to confuse people. So we have to find out what is the main reason behind it. ”
Food cooked in PM’s residence without onion
BSS . Dhaka | Update: 23:18, Nov 16, 2019
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Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday had her meals cooked without onion as the essential cooking ingredient appeared to be a costly item in recent days.
“We stopped eating onion . . . all foods in my house were cooked this noon without onion,” a spokesman at Prime Minister's Office quoted her as saying.
Sheikh Hasina added that she found the foods without onion to be “very tasty and delicious” as well and thanked the cook of her residence for preparing the foods.
The prime minister’s deputy press secretary Hasan Zahid Tusher said she made the comment ahead of her departure for the United Arab Emirates (UAE) at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport this evening.
The PM’s comments came hours after she announced at a party rally that onion’s abnormal price hike prompted the government to order its import through cargo planes to immediately contain its price.
First consignment of Egyptian onion arrives Tuesday
Prothom Alo English Desk | Update: 16:50, Nov 16, 2019
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The first consignment of onion from Egypt will be flown to Bangladesh on Tuesday, the commerce ministry said Saturday.
S Alam Group is importing the onion from Egypt, reports UNB.
On Friday, the government announced that onions are being flown from abroad on emergency basis to keep the local market stable.
The prices of onion, a common ingredient in Bangladeshi kitchen, have been on the rise since India banned its export in late September.
Various measures taken by the government could not bring down the prices which hit Tk 250 per kilogram on Friday.
The Trading Corporation of Bangladesh is importing onion from Turkey, S Alam Group from Egypt and several other companies from Afghanistan and the United Arab Emirates.
Onion consignments trapped due to cyclone ‘Bulbul’ at Teknaf landport, Chattogram seaport and some other places will reach the country shortly, the commerce ministry said.