date:Oct 16, 2020
potatoes have risen sharply in the kitchen market, we have directed all deputy commissioners for measures to ensure that potatoes are sold for not more than Tk30 per kilo at retail markets.
He also said different government agencies are monitoring the market and the prices will come down soon. However, the cold storage owners are claiming that the prices of potatoes went up due to supply shortage.
They said due to lower prices of potatoes in the last two years, farmers cultivated less land thi