Fish price up in city markets

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Staff Reporter :
The price of vegetables remained static in the city’s kitchen markets at the weekend on Friday despite plenty of supply. But, supply of fish was short of demand.
Brinjal was selling at Tk 40 to 50 per kg, bean at Tk 35 to 45, tomato at Tk 35 to 40, potato at Tk 15 to 20, 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 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.
Sheat (boal) was selling at Tk 300 to 500 per kg on Friday, cat fish at Tk 500 to 750, cultivated cat fish (Shing) at Tk 350 to 550 per kg, barbell (cultivated) at Tk 400 to 600, butter fish (Pabda) at Tk 400 to 700, 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, Fali Chanda (Rupchada) at Tk 750 to 800 per kg, walking fish (Shoal) at Tk 300 to Tk 500 per kg, lata fish 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, Ek-thota (Kaitta fish) at Tk 350 to Tk 400, baila at Tk 400 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.
Imported garlic was selling at Tk 190 to 210, while the local variety at Tk 160-Tk 180, onion at Tk 25 per kilo and ginger at Tk 70 to 80 per kg.
Rupchanda, a brand of Bangladesh Edible Oil Ltd (BOEL) was selling at Tk 107 (1 litre), Tk 212 (2 litre) and Tk 530 (five litre), which was Tk 102, Tk 200 and Tk 500 respectively. Teer and Fresh branded oil, products of City Group and Meghna Group respectively, were selling at Tk 105 a litre.
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