State Minister for Commerce Ahsanul Islam Titu on Friday said 50,000 tonnes of onion from India will enter Bangladesh’s market within a short time.
“The first truckload of onions will arrive from India next week. A total of 50,000 tonnes of onion will come to the country gradually,” he said while speaking as the chief guest at a programme marking the “World Consumer Rights Day-2024” at the Osmani Memorial Auditorium in the capital.

The theme of the day is “Smart Bangladesh Gori, Voktar Sarthey Krittim Buddhimotta Bebohar Kori”.
Commerce Ministry Senior Secretary Tapan Kanti Ghosh, Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry Senior Vice President Md Amin Helaly and Directorate of the National Consumer Rights Protection Director General AHM Shafiquzzaman, spoke on the occasion among others.
In his speech, the state minister for commerce urged businessmen and civil society representatives to come forward to control product prices.
“We are working to strengthen the supply chain.

We are working to control the prices of products during Ramadan. We have been able to reduce the price of oil. Now, pulses, chickpeas and sugar are available in the market,” he said.
He informed that the government is working to strengthen the Directorate of Agricultural Marketing.
The directorate will determine the retail and wholesale prices of the products, he added.

He informed that the state-owned Trading Corporation of Bangladesh is selling daily essentials at subsidised rates to one crore low-income families nationwide.
Around four crore people in the country are getting the benefit of the programme, he added.
Ahsanul Islam Titu informed that many traders and companies are selling products at mill gate prices which is giving consumers a lot of relief.
During the event, the state minister for commerce inaugurated the Supply Chain Monitoring System software.