The Dhaka Times Desk What is possible? The price of a pack of grapes is 11 lakh taka! Such a news has become the headlines of the news media. What is it really?
What is possible? The price of a pack of grapes is 11 lakh taka! Such a news has become the headlines of the news media. What is it really?
A packet of grapes, which weighs around 500 grams. It will be 480 grams on the scale. If you count in bunches, there will be 24 grapes. Do you know how much its price can be in the market? It may be a thousand or two thousand rupees. But it is not supposed to be more.
But surprisingly, this grape is not that grape. It's not the name everyone has heard of either. This grape is originally known as 'Ruby Roman'. It is very juicy as a grape. Do you know how much it costs?
A pack of grapes costs 1.2 million yen. That is, about 11 lakhs in terms of money! Recently at an auction in Japan, a lot of ruby romans or grapes were sold at this price. It was bought by the manager of the Japanese 'hot spring inns'!
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