Pricey watermelons

17 May 2008, 18:00 PM

Mushfique Wadud, Department of English, Stamford University Bangladesh

In Dhaka's fruit market the price of watermelon is not reasonable, despite the bumper production this season. We talk about local fruits, but these are now costlier than the imported ones!

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