The Dhaka Times Desk You may be surprised to hear such a thing. But the fact is true. The price of two watermelons is 19 lakh 81 thousand 16 taka!
Almost everyone likes to eat watermelon. When you see a bright red watermelon in the market, you buy it. Therefore, it was never thought that the price of this watermelon would reach millions of taka. So such an event must be called incredible.
According to a news of Anandabazar newspaper, such an incident happened in Japan. A person in the country spent 19 lakh 81 thousand 16 rupees for two watermelons!
Why spend so much money that person? This question may come up. Of course, the Japanese man did not spend so much money just because of watermelon-love. There is another reason behind this.
It is known that buying seasonal fruits is a matter of honor in Japanese culture. Who buys expensive fruit depends on his prestige or prestige. And so every year there is an auction of seasonal fruits.
Recently, in that auction, the price of two watermelons went up to 19 lakh 81 thousand 16 taka. A Japanese man bought two of those watermelons and recorded them.
Note that this year's watermelon has been sold at almost twice the price compared to last year. In 2016, the auction price was 18 lakh 57 thousand 20 taka.
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