“Local onion will start arriving within 10 days. The market will start to calm. At least 12,000 tonnes of imported onion are expected to arrive at Chattogram Port within the 29th,” he told reporters after an event in Dhaka on Saturday.
The minister claimed onion prices started to drop due to government efforts, including the airlifting of the cooking ingredient from abroad.
He blamed last week’s transport strike for the hike in onion prices after a brief fall.