New record: A quarter of a million tons of onions are coming by sea

Traders have taken permission to import 4.5 lakh tonnes of onions from alternative countries of India.

They took permission to import these onions in the first 20 days of this month.

This is a record number of permits for importing onions from alternative countries in such a short period of time, officials of the Department of Agricultural Extension said.

Source : Prothom Alo