The prices of most of the essential commodities remained high in the capital’s retail markets over the week ending Friday. The prices of most of the commodities are unlikely to come down ahead of the fasting month of Ramadan, traders said.
According to the traders, the prices of most of the vegetables remained high in the market as the supply of the items interrupted due to rainfall while the prices of other commodities including edible oil, red lentil, gram, sugar, onion and garlic remained stable in last couple of weeks.
Meanwhile, despite instruction of the government, traders in different markets in the city are yet to display the price list of products in front of the shop.
Commerce ministry on Wednesday asked traders to display the price list of products and warned that who would not comply with the ministry decision would have to face legal action and suspension of trade licence as well as confiscation of the products.
Traders at Rampura, Shantinagar and Karwan Bazar kitchen markets on Friday said that they had just informed the decision of the government and would display the price list as early as possible.
Like previous week aubergine was retailing at Tk 50-Tk 60 a kg, cucumber at Tk 50 a kg, tomato at Tk 50 a kg, carrot at Tk 60 a kg, papaya at Tk 40 a kg, okra at Tk 40 a kg and bitter gourd at Tk 40 a kg in the city’s kitchen markets.
The price of green chilli remained unchanged and the item was retailing at Tk 60 a kg on the day.
The prices of beef and broiler decreased by Tk 10-Tk 20 a kg
and beef was selling at Tk 280 a kg and broiler at Tk 150-Tk 155 a kg in
the city.
Mutton price remained unchanged and it was selling at Tk 450 a kg.
The prices of fish remained unchanged.
Rohita was selling at Tk 250-Tk 300 a kg, katla at Tk 220-Tk 300 a kg, pangas at Tk 140-Tk 200 a kg and tilapia at Tk 140-Tk 160 a kg, depending on their size and quality.
The price of local onion remained unchanged and it was selling at Tk 35 a kg while the imported one was selling at Tk 30 a kg.
Both unpacked soya bean and super palm oil prices remained unchanged and the commodities were retailing at Tk 112 a kg and Tk 90 a kg respectively.
The price of bottled soya bean oil (five litres) remained unchanged and it was selling at Tk 540 to Tk 565 in the city’s kitchen markets.
The prices of garlic and ginger remained unchanged and were retailing at Tk 80 a kg and Tk 220 a kg respectively.
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 was selling at Tk 130 a kg on Friday while the local variety of red lentil was selling at Tk 115 a kg.
Potato price remained unchanged and the item was retailing at Tk 18-Tk 20 a kg.
The price of egg remained unchanged and the item was selling at Tk 30 a hali (four pieces) in the city.
The price of gram remained unchanged and it was selling at Tk 60-Tk 65 a kg on different markets in the capital.
The prices of puffed rice was selling at Tk 60-Tk 65 a kg while the hand-made item was retailing at
Tk 120 a kg.
The prices of gur and flaked rice also remained unchanged. Gur was selling at between Tk 100 and Tk 200 a kg, and flaked rice at between Tk 60 and Tk 70 a kg.
The dates were retailing at the ranges between Tk 130 and Tk 550 a kg.
The price of sugar remained high and the item was selling at Tk 48-Tk 52 a kg on Friday.
The fine varieties of miniket were selling at Tk 48-Tk 50 a kg while the coarse varieties were retailing at Tk 44-Tk 46 a kg.
The fine varieties of BR-28 were selling at Tk 42-Tk 44 a kg and the coarse varieties of parija were selling at Tk 38-Tk 40 a kg.
-With New Age input
