Business Desk :
Prices of almost all essentials have remained steady with many of them maintaining the previous hike in the capital’s kitchen markets on Saturday.
However, some vegetables like red tomato, bitter gourd are still getting pricier in the markets.
The prices of some major essentials like flour, edible oil and sugar remain static maintaining the previous hike.
Prices of major vegetables, namely brinjal, bean, pumpkin, bitter gourd, pointed gourd, potato and green chilli have remained static. Prices of three important spices — onion, ginger and garlic – have remained steady. Price of broiler, Sonali and Pakistani – have also remained unchanged.
The state-run Department of Agricultural Marketing (DAM) in its daily report on Saturday stated that eggs were being sold at Tk 32-34 (four pieces), local sugar at Tk 76-78 per kg, salt (packed) at Tk 27-32 per kg, lentil at Tk 105-111 per kg, onion local at Tk 56-62 per kg and flour (packed) at Tk 39-41 at the markets.
