The prices of red lentil, onion, garlic and ginger increased on the retail markets in the capital over the week ending Friday.
Traders said the prices of the commodities had increased due to a supply shortage.
The price of fine variety of red lentil named Kangaroo increased by Tk 5 a kg and was selling at Tk 130 a kg on Friday while the local variety of red lentil was selling at Tk 115 a kg.
The price of onion increased by Tk 5 a kg and was selling at Tk 35 a kg while the imported onion was retailing at Tk 30 a kg on Friday.
The prices of local variety of garlic and ginger increased by Tk 20 a kg and were selling at Tk 80 kg and Tk 100 a kg respectively on the day.
Mizanur Rahaman, a retailer at Karwan Bazar kitchen market told New Age that the supply of red lentil, onion and garlic decreased and the wholesale prices increased a bit.
He said that the local production of these commodities was very poor. ‘We are mostly depended on export to meet the demand,’ he added.
The prices of vegetables remained high on the retail market over the week.
Aubergine was retailing at Tk 40 a kg, cucumber at Tk 25 a kg, tomato at Tk 35 a kg, papaya at Tk 40 a kg and bitter gourd at Tk 40 a kg on Friday.
Green chilli price decreased by Tk 20 a kg and was selling at Tk 60 a kg on Friday.
Potato price remained unchanged and was selling at Tk 15 a kg on the day.
The price of egg remained unchanged and was retailing at Tk 35-Tk 36 a hali (four pieces) in the city’s retail markets.
The prices of fish remained steady over the week.
Rohita was selling at Tk 250-Tk 320 a kg, katla at Tk 220-Tk 300 a kg, pangas at Tk 140-Tk 250 a kg and tilapia at Tk 140-Tk 160 a kg depending on their size and quality.
Broiler price remained steady and was selling at Tk 150-Tk 160 a kg on the day.
The prices of beef and mutton remained unchanged.
Beef was selling at Tk 280-Tk 300 a kg and mutton at Tk 425-Tk 450 a kg on Friday.
Both unpacked soya bean and super palm oil prices remained unchanged and were retailing at Tk 120 a kg and Tk 82 a kg respectively on the day.
The price of bottled soya bean oil (five litres) remained unchanged and was selling at Tk 655 to Tk 665 at the Karwan Bazar kitchen market.
The price of sugar remained steady and the commodity was selling at Tk 48 a kg on the day.
-With New Age input
