3 potato traders fined Tk 15,000 in Habiganj

3 potato traders fined Tk 15,000 in Habiganj

HABIGANJ: A team of Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection (DNCRP) in a drive here today realized Taka 15,000 as fine from the owner of three potato business establishments for selling potato at higher prices and not providing vouchers to buyers at Chashi markets in the district town.
The Ministry of Commerce for the first time in the country fixed the prices of three agricultural produces - potato, onion and egg. The maximum retail price of potato has been fixed at Taka 35-36 per kilogram (kg) while the maximum retail price of local onion at Taka 64-65 per kg. On the other hand, according to the information of the Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock, the price of each egg has been fixed at Taka 12 per unit.