Staff Reporter :
Prices of vegetables, rice, meat, fish, sugar, salt, edible oil, chickpeas and some spices soared round the last week in the city’s kitchen markets.
Traders attributed the price hike to heavy rainfall, floods and summer storms that caused severe damage to crops in many growing hubs across the country.
Market observers found hands of the middlemen in devouring the shares of the farmers in profits, and in creating price gap between the wholesale and the retail levels also.
Of the vegetables, brinjal was selling at Tk 50 to 60 per kg, bean at Tk 50 to 60, tomato at Tk 30 to 35, Sajina at Tk 60 to 70 per kg, potato at Tk 20 to 22, cucurbitaceous at Tk 70 to 80, carrot at Tk 30 to 35, bitter gourd at Tk 50 to 60, cucumber at Tk 35 to 40, spone gourd at Tk 60 to 70, beat at Tk 70, papaya at Tk 25 to 30, french at Tk 60 to 70, snake gourd at Tk 40 to 50, okra at Tk 70, pumpkin (medium size) at Tk 30 to 50 per piece, bottle gourd at Tk 40 to 50, ash gourd at Tk 35 to 45 per piece, cabbage at Tk 25 to 30, cauliflower at 25 to 30 per piece, coriander leaves at Tk 120 per kg, green chilli at 50 to 60 kg, capsicum (red) at Tk 200 per kg and capsicum (green) at Tk 150 to 180 per kg and spinach Tk five per bundle. Lemon was selling at Tk seven to eight per piece.
Of fishes, sheat (boal) was selling at Tk 550 to 700 per kg on Friday, cat fish at Tk 550 to 700, cultivated cat fish (Shing) at Tk 350- 550 per kg, barbell (cultivated) 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, fali chanda (Rupchanda) at Tk 750 to 800 per kg, walking fish (shoal) at 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,
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, telapia 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.
Coarse rice like swarna and BR-11 were selling at Tk 40 to 44, Brridhan-28, Kajol Lota and paijam at Tk 50 to Tk 52 per kg in the city’s rice markets at the weekend on Friday.
Miniket was selling at Tk 54 to 55, and Najirshail at Tk 54 to 60.
Salt and sugar prices surged by Tk 2.0-Tk 5.0 a kg while chickpeas by Tk 5.0-Tk 10 a kg and green peas (khesari) by Tk 15 a kg in last one and half weeks. Palm oil prices have increased by Tk 3.0-Tk 4.0 a litre during the period.
Onion was selling at Tk 27 to 32 per kg , garlic at Tk 100 to 120 and the imported one at Tk 180-Tk 190 per kg, ginger at Tk 90 to 100 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).
The price of chicken was Tk 155-Tk 165 per kg and of layer Tk 185-Tk 195 per kg on Friday. Indigenous chicken was sold at Tk 390-Tk 420 per kg while Pakistani variety was traded for Tk 240-Tk 270 per kg. Beef and red meat price stood for Tk 490-Tk 500 and Tk 750-Tk 800 per kg respectively.
Prices of vegetables, rice, meat, fish, sugar, salt, edible oil, chickpeas and some spices soared round the last week in the city’s kitchen markets.
Traders attributed the price hike to heavy rainfall, floods and summer storms that caused severe damage to crops in many growing hubs across the country.
Market observers found hands of the middlemen in devouring the shares of the farmers in profits, and in creating price gap between the wholesale and the retail levels also.
Of the vegetables, brinjal was selling at Tk 50 to 60 per kg, bean at Tk 50 to 60, tomato at Tk 30 to 35, Sajina at Tk 60 to 70 per kg, potato at Tk 20 to 22, cucurbitaceous at Tk 70 to 80, carrot at Tk 30 to 35, bitter gourd at Tk 50 to 60, cucumber at Tk 35 to 40, spone gourd at Tk 60 to 70, beat at Tk 70, papaya at Tk 25 to 30, french at Tk 60 to 70, snake gourd at Tk 40 to 50, okra at Tk 70, pumpkin (medium size) at Tk 30 to 50 per piece, bottle gourd at Tk 40 to 50, ash gourd at Tk 35 to 45 per piece, cabbage at Tk 25 to 30, cauliflower at 25 to 30 per piece, coriander leaves at Tk 120 per kg, green chilli at 50 to 60 kg, capsicum (red) at Tk 200 per kg and capsicum (green) at Tk 150 to 180 per kg and spinach Tk five per bundle. Lemon was selling at Tk seven to eight per piece.
Of fishes, sheat (boal) was selling at Tk 550 to 700 per kg on Friday, cat fish at Tk 550 to 700, cultivated cat fish (Shing) at Tk 350- 550 per kg, barbell (cultivated) 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, fali chanda (Rupchanda) at Tk 750 to 800 per kg, walking fish (shoal) at 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,
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, telapia 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.
Coarse rice like swarna and BR-11 were selling at Tk 40 to 44, Brridhan-28, Kajol Lota and paijam at Tk 50 to Tk 52 per kg in the city’s rice markets at the weekend on Friday.
Miniket was selling at Tk 54 to 55, and Najirshail at Tk 54 to 60.
Salt and sugar prices surged by Tk 2.0-Tk 5.0 a kg while chickpeas by Tk 5.0-Tk 10 a kg and green peas (khesari) by Tk 15 a kg in last one and half weeks. Palm oil prices have increased by Tk 3.0-Tk 4.0 a litre during the period.
Onion was selling at Tk 27 to 32 per kg , garlic at Tk 100 to 120 and the imported one at Tk 180-Tk 190 per kg, ginger at Tk 90 to 100 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).
The price of chicken was Tk 155-Tk 165 per kg and of layer Tk 185-Tk 195 per kg on Friday. Indigenous chicken was sold at Tk 390-Tk 420 per kg while Pakistani variety was traded for Tk 240-Tk 270 per kg. Beef and red meat price stood for Tk 490-Tk 500 and Tk 750-Tk 800 per kg respectively.
