The prices of vegetables and onion went up on the retail markets in the city over the week ending Friday. Traders said the prices of vegetables increased because of a supply shortage amid general strike in last week. Most of the vegetables saw an increase of Tk 5-Tk 10 a kilogram in their prices.
Aubergine was selling at Tk 50-Tk 60 a kg, okra at Tk 50 a kg, bitter gourd at Tk 60 a kg, papaya at Tk 20 a kg and green chilli at Tk 60 a kg on Friday.
The price of onion increased by Tk 10 a kg due to a supply shortage against the demand for the commodity, traders said.
On the retail market, the local onion was retailing at Tk 75-Tk 80 a kg while the imported one was retailing at Tk 90-Tk 95 a kg on Friday.
Mizanur Rahman, a trader at the Karwan Bazar kitchen market, said an increase in the price of onion on the wholesale market had forced them to sell the item at higher prices.
Ratan Saha, an importer of onion, however, said that the wholesale price of the commodity remained stable.
He said that the supply of onion to the market increased a bit in the last couple of days.
The locally-produced onion was sold at Tk 60-Tk 62 a kg on the wholesale market on Thursday while onion imported from Pakistan was sold at Tk 45-Tk 50 a kg.
Ratan said that the import of the item from India had dropped as its price rose in the neighbouring country.
The Trading Corporation of Bangladesh will start selling onion in the open market across the country on Monday at Tk 55 a kg. The government’s trading arm sold onion at Tk 47 a kg in late August and early September to check the price spiral of the commodity.
But the TCB’s effort failed to calm the market.
The prices of fish remained stable on the retail market.
Rohita was selling at Tk 250–Tk 300 a kg on Friday, pangas at Tk 180–Tk 250 a kg and tilapia at Tk 160–Tk 200 a kg, depending on their size and quality.
Hilsa weighting about 700-800 gram was selling at Tk 400-Tk 450 a kg.
Hilsa weighing around 1 kg was selling at Tk 550-Tk 600 a kg on Friday.
The price of broiler remained unchanged and it was selling at Tk 145 a kg over the week ending Friday.
The prices of beef and mutton remained unchanged. Beef was selling at Tk 280-Tk 300 a kg and mutton at Tk 450 a kg on the day.
Sugar was retailing at Tk 44-Tk 46 a kg in the city’s retail markets.
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) decreased by Tk 10 and was selling at Tk 585–Tk 595 on the day.
Red lentil, imported from Turkey and Canada, was selling at Tk 75–Tk 85 a kg. The fine variety of red lentil called ‘kangaroo’ was selling at Tk 120 a kg while the local variety of red lentil was selling at Tk 115 a kg.
The price of egg remained unchanged and was selling at Tk 32 a hali (four pieces).
The imported garlic price increased by Tk 10 a kg and was selling at Tk 75 a kg while the local garlic was retailing at Tk 80 a kg.
The price of ginger remained unchanged and was selling at Tk 140 a kg on the day.
The price of potato increased by Tk 3 a kg and the item was selling at Tk 18 a kg on Friday.
Rice prices remained stable. Fine varieties of miniket and najirshail were selling at Tk 46-Tk 48 a kg and Tk 52-Tk 54 a kg respectively, BR-28 at between Tk 40 and Tk 45 a kg and coarse varieties at Tk 34 a kg in the city’s retail markets on Friday.
-With New Age input
