Green chilli, ginger also become hotter
The prices of broiler, beef, egg, onion, green chilli and ginger rose on the retail markets in the capital in the week ending Friday, five days before the start of Ramadan, the month of fasting for Muslims.
Beef and broiler prices increased by Tk 10 a kilogram on the day due to an increased demand.
Traders are not maintaining the beef price set by the Dhaka city corporations authorities.
Traders claimed that it would not be possible to keep the price set by the corporations because the price of the animal was high.
The Dhaka city corporations have recently set the price of beef at Tk 275 for the month of Ramadan but the item was selling at Tk 290-Tk 300 a kg on Friday. Mutton was selling at Tk 425-Tk 450 a kg.
Broiler was selling at Tk 170 a kg on the day in the city’s kitchen markets.
A trader at the Hatirpool kitchen market, Lal Miah, said the demand for the broiler increased due to the upcoming Ramadan. The increased demand pushed the price of the item up, he said.
The price of egg increased by Tk 4 a hali (four pieces) and was selling at Tk 35-Tk 36 a hali as the demand for the item also increased.
Onion price increased by Tk 3 a kg and was selling at Tk 48 a kg while the imported onion was retailing at Tk 44 a kg on Friday.
Despite repeated assurance from the traders to the government of keeping the prices stable, prices of some of the essential commodities increased ahead of Ramadan.
The price of local ginger increased by Tk 50 a kg and was selling at Tk 180 a kg while the imported item was selling at Tk 90 a kg on the day.
The price of green chilli increased by Tk 20 a kg and was selling at Tk 100 a kg over the week ending Friday.
Traders said the price of green chilli increased as rains in the last few days damaged the green chilli plants in some areas in the country.
An employee of a private bank, Hamida Khanam, who came for shopping to the Rampura kitchen market, said as usual the prices of most of the commodities increased in the market with Ramadan nearing.
She said that there was no reflection of the government’s assurance on the market and the traders were cashing in on the increased demand from the consumers.
The prices of most of the vegetables, however, remained stable over the week ending Friday.
Aubergine was retailing at Tk 50-Tk 60 a kg, cucumber at Tk 40 a kg, papaya at Tk 30 a kg, okra at Tk 30 a kg and bitter gourd at Tk 40 a kg on Friday.
The price of tomato increased by Tk 40 a kg and was selling at Tk 100 a kg.
The prices of fish also remained unchanged.
Rohita was selling at Tk 250-Tk 320 a kg, katla at Tk 220-Tk 300 a kg, pangas at Tk 180-Tk 300 a kg and tilapia at Tk 180-Tk 210 a kg, depending on their size and quality.
The prices of unpacked soya bean and super palm oil remained unchanged.
Unpacked soya bean was retailing at Tk 120 a kg and super palm oil at Tk 80 a kg over the week ending Friday.
The price of bottled soya bean oil (five litres) was selling at Tk 655-Tk 665 in the kitchen markets.
Red lentil, imported from Turkey and Canada, was selling at Tk 85-Tk 90 a kg over the week.
The price of fine variety of red lentil called ‘kangaroo’ was selling at Tk 130 a kg on Friday while the local variety of red lentil was selling at Tk 115 a kg.
The imported garlic price decreased by Tk 10 and was selling at Tk 80 a kg while the local garlic was retailing at Tk 90 a kg on the day.
The price of potato remained unchanged and the item was selling at Tk 18 a kg on the day.
Sugar price decreased by Tk 2 a kg and the commodity was selling at Tk 46-Tk 47 a kg on Friday.
The price of gram remained unchanged and the commodity was selling at Tk 60-Tk 70 a kg on Friday.
Fine varieties of miniket and najirshail were selling at between Tk 42 and Tk 52 a kg, medium varieties at between Tk 36 and Tk 48 a kg and coarse varieties at between Tk 32 and Tk 34 a kg.
-With New Age input
