Business Desk :
Fruits both imported and locally-produced, are pinching consumers’ pockets harder in Dhaka with their prices rising by up to 100 percent since the beginning of Ramadan on May 6.
Imported fruits, including apple, grape, malta, pear, date and pomegranate, are consumed in urban areas and the demand for these fruits gets high during the month of fasting for Muslims, reportsbdnews.
“I have bought malta at Tk 130 a kilogramme just before Ramadan but now it is Tk 200 a kg at the same shop,” said Rumana Islam, a homemaker in the capital’s Mogbazar area.
Apple, another widely consumed imported fruit, is being sold at Tk 220 to Tk 300 a kg depending on the type and quality.
Golden Delicious, a yellowish-green skinned cultivar apple, is being sold at Tk 220 to Tk 240 a kg whereas it is Tk 300 a kg for Japanese Fuji apple, up from Tk 180 to Tk 200 just before Ramadan.
Fruits both imported and locally-produced, are pinching consumers’ pockets harder in Dhaka with their prices rising by up to 100 percent since the beginning of Ramadan on May 6.
Imported fruits, including apple, grape, malta, pear, date and pomegranate, are consumed in urban areas and the demand for these fruits gets high during the month of fasting for Muslims, reportsbdnews.
“I have bought malta at Tk 130 a kilogramme just before Ramadan but now it is Tk 200 a kg at the same shop,” said Rumana Islam, a homemaker in the capital’s Mogbazar area.
Apple, another widely consumed imported fruit, is being sold at Tk 220 to Tk 300 a kg depending on the type and quality.
Golden Delicious, a yellowish-green skinned cultivar apple, is being sold at Tk 220 to Tk 240 a kg whereas it is Tk 300 a kg for Japanese Fuji apple, up from Tk 180 to Tk 200 just before Ramadan.
