Hiking Potato Price: 7 wholesalers fined in Dhaka
A mobile court yesterday fined seven potato wholesalers in Dhaka's Mohammadpur Krishi Market Tk 4.30 lakh for selling the vegetable at prices higher than that fixed by the government.
The wholesalers are: Tanha Enterprise, Ma-er Doa Banijjaloy, Munshiganj Banijjaloy, Allah-r Dan Vander, Manik Enterprise, New Bikrampur Banijjaloy and New Shahalam Trading.
Executive Magistrate Palash Kumar Bosu, assisted by Rab and Department of Agriculture Marketing (DAM), conducted the drive and fined the business outlets.
"The traders were selling per kg potato at Tk 40-45 defying government order," Palash told The Daily Star.
On October 7, DAM fixed the price ceiling at Tk 30 for retailers and Tk 25 for wholesalers. It also set Tk 23 for businesspersons who had kept potato in cold storages. But caving in to the pressure from businesspeople, the government on October 21 raised the price ceiling for potato by Tk 5 to Tk 35 per kg at retail markets.
A mobile court yesterday fined seven potato wholesalers in Dhaka's Mohammadpur Krishi Market Tk 4.30 lakh for selling the vegetable at prices higher than that fixed by the government.
The wholesalers are: Tanha Enterprise, Ma-er Doa Banijjaloy, Munshiganj Banijjaloy, Allah-r Dan Vander, Manik Enterprise, New Bikrampur Banijjaloy and New Shahalam Trading.
Executive Magistrate Palash Kumar Bosu, assisted by Rab and Department of Agriculture Marketing (DAM), conducted the drive and fined the business outlets.
"The traders were selling per kg potato at Tk 40-45 defying government order," Palash told The Daily Star.
On October 7, DAM fixed the price ceiling at Tk 30 for retailers and Tk 25 for wholesalers. It also set Tk 23 for businesspersons who had kept potato in cold storages. But caving in to the pressure from businesspeople, the government on October 21 raised the price ceiling for potato by Tk 5 to Tk 35 per kg at retail markets.
A mobile court yesterday fined seven potato wholesalers in Dhaka's Mohammadpur Krishi Market Tk 4.30 lakh for selling the vegetable at prices higher than that fixed by the government.
The wholesalers are: Tanha Enterprise, Ma-er Doa Banijjaloy, Munshiganj Banijjaloy, Allah-r Dan Vander, Manik Enterprise, New Bikrampur Banijjaloy and New Shahalam Trading.
Executive Magistrate Palash Kumar Bosu, assisted by Rab and Department of Agriculture Marketing (DAM), conducted the drive and fined the business outlets.
"The traders were selling per kg potato at Tk 40-45 defying government order," Palash told The Daily Star.
On October 7, DAM fixed the price ceiling at Tk 30 for retailers and Tk 25 for wholesalers. It also set Tk 23 for businesspersons who had kept potato in cold storages. But caving in to the pressure from businesspeople, the government on October 21 raised the price ceiling for potato by Tk 5 to Tk 35 per kg at retail markets.
A mobile court yesterday fined seven potato wholesalers in Dhaka's Mohammadpur Krishi Market Tk 4.30 lakh for selling the vegetable at prices higher than that fixed by the government.
The wholesalers are: Tanha Enterprise, Ma-er Doa Banijjaloy, Munshiganj Banijjaloy, Allah-r Dan Vander, Manik Enterprise, New Bikrampur Banijjaloy and New Shahalam Trading.
Executive Magistrate Palash Kumar Bosu, assisted by Rab and Department of Agriculture Marketing (DAM), conducted the drive and fined the business outlets.
"The traders were selling per kg potato at Tk 40-45 defying government order," Palash told The Daily Star.
On October 7, DAM fixed the price ceiling at Tk 30 for retailers and Tk 25 for wholesalers. It also set Tk 23 for businesspersons who had kept potato in cold storages. But caving in to the pressure from businesspeople, the government on October 21 raised the price ceiling for potato by Tk 5 to Tk 35 per kg at retail markets.
The wholesalers are: Tanha Enterprise, Ma-er Doa Banijjaloy, Munshiganj Banijjaloy, Allah-r Dan Vander, Manik Enterprise, New Bikrampur Banijjaloy and New Shahalam Trading.
Executive Magistrate Palash Kumar Bosu, assisted by Rab and Department of Agriculture Marketing (DAM), conducted the drive and fined the business outlets.
"The traders were selling per kg potato at Tk 40-45 defying government order," Palash told The Daily Star.
On October 7, DAM fixed the price ceiling at Tk 30 for retailers and Tk 25 for wholesalers. It also set Tk 23 for businesspersons who had kept potato in cold storages. But caving in to the pressure from businesspeople, the government on October 21 raised the price ceiling for potato by Tk 5 to Tk 35 per kg at retail markets.