Jumbangla Desk: Due to reduced supply, the price of domestic onion has increased from Tk 25 to Tk 30 per kg in Karwan Bazar of Dhaka.

Traders said that there is sufficient supply of imported onions. The price of imported onion is also relatively low. But people are more interested in buying desi onions. This has created a difference between the price of imported onion and domestic onion.

Traders said that farmers sell local onions in their own districts. Traders bought those onions in the capital. There is a crisis of native onions at the district level. Due to this, the price has increased.

Sabuj Mia, a resident of Tejturibazar, came to Karwan Bazaar to buy vegetables. He said that last week also he bought two kg of desi onion at the rate of Tk 120.