Oranges sold for Tk 190 a kg at wholesale markets cost Tk 350 at retail shops

The largest wholesale fruit market in the capital is located in Badamtali-Babubazar in Old Dhaka. Last Saturday and Sunday, one kilogram of oranges imported from South Africa was sold there for Tk 185 to Tk 190.After leaving Badamtali, visits to fruit shops in Hatirpool, Gulshan, Mohakhali and Karwan Bazar in Dhaka on those two days found that the same oranges were being sold for Tk 320 to Tk 350…