Egg price rises on higher demand
The prices of onion, green chilli and egg increased on the retail markets in
the city while the vegetable prices remained unchanged over the week ending Friday.
Onion price increased by Tk 3 a kilogram and it was retailing at Tk 45 a kg while the imported onion was selling at Tk 40 a kg on the day.The price of green chilli increased by Tk 10 a kg and was selling at Tk 60-Tk 70 a kg on Friday.
Retailers said rains in the last few days damaged the green chilli plants in some areas in the country, pushing the price of the commodity higher.
Traders said the price of egg increased by Tk 2 a hali (four pieces) and was selling at Tk 30-Tk 32 a hali as the demand for the item increased.
The prices of others commodities including vegetables remained
stable over the week
ending Friday.
Aubergine was retailing at Tk 50-Tk 60 a kg, cucumber at Tk 40 a kg, tomato at Tk 55 a kg, papaya at Tk 40 a kg, okra at Tk 30 a kg and bitter gourd at Tk 40 a kg over the week ending Friday.
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.
Broiler price remained stable and the item was selling at Tk 160-Tk 170 a kg on the day.
Beef was selling at Tk 280-Tk 300 a kg and mutton at Tk 425-Tk 450 a kg on Friday.
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 named ‘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 100 a kg while the local garlic was retailing at Tk 90 a kg on the day.
The price of potato remained unchanged and was selling at Tk 18 a kg on the day.
Sugar price decreased by Tk 2 a kg and was selling at Tk 47-Tk 48 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
