Onion

The supply chain for onions remains fragile, unable to balance production and demand effectively. Photo: TBS
Thoughts

A path to onion self-sufficiency in Bangladesh

Bangladesh has demonstrated its capacity for agricultural transformation through its rice revolution. Applying similar vision and determination to the onion sector can achieve equally impressive...

Workers of a retail chain sort onions at Manchar village in Pune, India, 11 November 2019. REUTERS/Rajendra Jadhav/File Photo
South Asia

India to scrap 20% onion export duty from 1 April

Onion cultivation in Faridpur. Photo: UNB
Bangladesh

Faridpur farmers hope for bumper onion harvest this season

File photo of onion. Photo: TBS
Agriculture

Murikata onion price plunge leaves Rajshahi farmers in the red

During the last (2023-2024) Rabi season, farmers cultivated onion in 10,006 hectares of land and produced 1,18,491 tonnes of onion against the fixed target of producing 1,13,976 tonnes of onion from 9,755 hectares of land in the region. Photo: BSS
Bangladesh

Farmers expecting bumper onion output in Rangpur region

A retail store in the capital. File photo: TBS
Markets

Bottled soybean oil shortage hits retailers, onion and potato prices drop

File Photo: TBS
NBR

Govt scraps onion import duties to ease prices

Representational Image. File photo
Bangladesh

Local onion prices soar above Tk150 per kg

Photo: TBS
Bazaar

Tariff Commission recommends withdrawal of duty on imported onions

A McDonald's Quarter Pounder hamburger. Photo: Reuters
World+Biz

Fast-food chains hold the onions after McDonald's E coli outbreak

Photo: Courtesy
Bangladesh

'Tk25 profit per kg': 4 traders fined Tk90,000 for overpricing onions at Bhomra port

Onions imported from Myanmar being loaded in trucks at Teknaf Land Port in Cox's Bazar on 17 October. Photo: TBS
Bazaar

377 tonnes of onions arrive from Myanmar through Teknaf 

File photo of onion. Photo: TBS
Bazaar

Onion becomes 33% costlier, prices of other commodities stay high