The prices of meat and fish soared in the capital’s kitchen markets over the week ending Friday as Eid-ul-Fitr, one of the biggest religious festivals for Muslims, is approaching and the demands for the items increased. The prices of vegetables, however, remained stable in the markets over the week.
Traders said the prices of all varieties of fish increased by Tk 50-Tk 100 a kilogram on the retail markets in the city due to a rise in demand.
Rohita was selling at Tk 300–Tk 450 a kg on Friday from Tk 250–Tk 350 a kg a week before, katla at Tk 280–Tk 400 a kg from Tk 250–Tk 300 a kg, pangas at Tk 200–Tk 300 a kg from Tk 180–Tk 300 a kg and tilapia at Tk 180–Tk 225 a kg from Tk 160–Tk 200 a kg, depending on their size and quality.
Narayan Chandra Barman, a trader at the Shantinagar kitchen market, told New Age that the supply of fish was lower than the demand.
The prices of beef and mutton increased by Tk 25-Tk 30 a kg due to an increased demand, traders said.
Beef was selling at Tk 300 a kg on Friday from Tk 280 a kg a week before and mutton was selling at Tk 450 a kg from Tk 425 a kg.
The price of broiler remained unchanged and was selling at Tk 160 a kg over the week.
Reazul Islam, a businessman who came to the Shantinagar kitchen market for shopping, said the prices of most of the commodities remained high but the price of fish increased abnormally.
A group of traders are making too much profit ahead of Eid amid weak market monitoring, he alleged.
The prices of vegetables remained unchanged in the market over the week.
Aubergine was selling at Tk 40–Tk 60 a kg, papaya at Tk 20 a kg, okra at Tk 40 a kg and bitter gourd at Tk 40–Tk 50 a kg on Friday.
Green chilli price remained unchanged and was selling at Tk 80 a kg and tomato was selling at Tk 100 a kg on the day.
The local ginger was retailing at Tk 180 a kg, while the imported ginger was selling at Tk 90 a kg.
The price of edible oil remained stable on the market.
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 635–Tk 655 on Friday.
Red lentil, imported from Turkey and Canada,
was selling at Tk 75–Tk 85 a kg.
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.
Onion price remained high at Tk 50 a kg, while the imported onion was retailing at Tk 45 a kg on Friday.
The imported garlic price decreased by Tk 10 and it was selling at Tk 60 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.
The price of egg increased by Tk 2 a hali (four pieces) and was selling at Tk 32 a hali on Friday.
Sugar price remained unchanged and the commodity was selling at Tk 46–Tk 48 a kg on Friday.
Chickpea price decreased by Tk 5 a kg and the commodity was selling at Tk 55–Tk 60 a kg.
Dates were retailing at the ranges between Tk 140 and Tk 550 a kg.
The prices of gur and puffed and flaked rice remained unchanged.
Gur was selling at between Tk 100 and Tk 150 kg, puffed rice at between Tk 60 and Tk 75 a kg and flaked rice at between Tk 60 and Tk 80 a kg.
Fine varieties of miniket and najirshail rice 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
