Fish price on rise

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Staff Reporter :
The price of vegetables, meat and other commodities remained stable at the weekend on Friday, but the fish price rose slightly due to short supply.
Of the vegetables, brinjal was selling at Tk 40 to 50 per kg, bean at Tk 35 to 45, ladies finger at Tk 60, tomato at Tk 30 to 35, Sajina at Tk 120 to 140 per kg, potato at Tk 13 to 18, carrot at Tk 25 to 30, bitter gourd at Tk 50 to 60, cucumber at Tk 30, khira at Tk 20 to 25, spone gourd at Tk 60 to 70, turnip at Tk 20 to 25, green pea at Tk 50 to 60, beat at Tk 70, papaya at Tk 25 to 30, french at Tk 60 to 70, snake gourd at Tk 60 to 70, okra at Tk 70, radish at Tk 20, pumpkin (medium size) at Tk 30 to 50 per piece, bottle gourd at Tk 30 to 45, ash gourd at Tk 20 to 35 per piece, cabbage at Tk 15 to 25, cauliflower at 25 to 30 per piece, coriander leaves at Tk 120 per kg, green chilli at 60 to 80 kg, capsicum (red) at Tk 300 per kg and capsicum (green) at Tk 250 to 260 per kg and spinach Tk five per bundle. Lemon (four pieces) were selling at Tk 32 to 45.
Local garlic was sold at Tk 80 to 110 per kg, but the Chinese variety at much higher rate. Local onion was selling at Tk 25 to 26 per kg.
Rupchanda, a brand of Bangladesh Edible Oil Ltd (BOEL) was selling at Tk 107 (1 litre), Tk 212 (2 litres) and Tk 530 (five litres) respectively. On the other hand, Teer and Fresh brand oil were selling at Tk 105 a litre.
The indigenous fishes, such as sheat (boal) was selling at Tk 550 to 700 per kg, cat fish (shingh) at Tk 550 to
700, cultivated cat fish at Tk 350- 550 per kg, barbell at Tk 400 to 600, butter fish at Tk 250 to 300, lobster at Tk 480 to 600 kg, shrimp, river, at Tk 380 -520, puti at Tk 250 per kg, cultivated koi at Tk 140 to 180 per kg, rupchanda at Tk 750 to 800 per kg, walking fish (shoal) at Tk 500 per kg, lata fish (taki) at Tk 200 to 250 and Eel at Tk 600 per kg, batashi at Tk 450 to 550 per kg, koi (river) at Tk 450, Aire fish at Tk 500 to 600 per kg, pabda at Tk 600, Ek-thota (Kaitta fish) at Tk 350 to Tk 400, Baila at Tk 450 to 600 per kg, coral fish at Tk 550 kg, river pangas at Tk 350 per kg, cultivated pangas at Tk 130 per kg, Rajputi at Tk 300 per kg, tilapia at Tk 140 to Tk 200 per kg, ruhit at Tk 250 to Tk 380 per kg, medium size carp (katol) at Tk 230 -360 per kg and two pieces of of Hilsha (600-700gm) at Tk 1000.
Broiler was sold at Tk 150-Tk 160 per kg, and layer variety at Tk 175-Tk 185 in different city kitchen markets last week. Local cock (medium size) was selling at Tk 400 to 500 per piece and hen at Tk 350 to 400 pieces. Beef and red meat remained static maintaining the higher trend and were sold at Tk 500 to Tk 550 and Tk 750-Tk 800 per kg respectively.
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