Economic Reporter :
With the holy Eid ul-Adha approaching, middle-class family take the brunt of hike in essentials prices Unlike vegetables, fish and meat prices, spice and salad items see a sharp rise in their prices.
Among Eid commodities, one has to spend more on spices as their costs of buying have gone up in the last week of Eid.
A middle-class small family consisting of five members will have to budget around Tk2,000 for only Eid essentials since prices of some specific items used in meat recipe are on the rise ahead of Eid.
Ahmedur Reza, a banker by profession, shared his recent experience of kitchen market with the New Nation yesterday.
“I came to Karwan Bazar with a list of items including cumin, ginger, garlic, cardamom, onion, chilli powder, clove, cinnamon, saffron, soybean, etc. I saw a hike in prices mostly of cumin, ginger and cardamom, while that of other spices remained almost unchanged or slightly hike in some cases.”
On his shopping list, other commodities included fine rice, sugar, tomato, green chilli, carrot, cucumber, capsicum, salt etc, of which prices of salad items mostly increased.
The five-member family man, Reza, however, managed to complete his Eid shopping in the kitchen market with Tk2,000 to celebrate the ensuing festival.
With the holy Eid ul-Adha approaching, middle-class family take the brunt of hike in essentials prices Unlike vegetables, fish and meat prices, spice and salad items see a sharp rise in their prices.
Among Eid commodities, one has to spend more on spices as their costs of buying have gone up in the last week of Eid.
A middle-class small family consisting of five members will have to budget around Tk2,000 for only Eid essentials since prices of some specific items used in meat recipe are on the rise ahead of Eid.
Ahmedur Reza, a banker by profession, shared his recent experience of kitchen market with the New Nation yesterday.
“I came to Karwan Bazar with a list of items including cumin, ginger, garlic, cardamom, onion, chilli powder, clove, cinnamon, saffron, soybean, etc. I saw a hike in prices mostly of cumin, ginger and cardamom, while that of other spices remained almost unchanged or slightly hike in some cases.”
On his shopping list, other commodities included fine rice, sugar, tomato, green chilli, carrot, cucumber, capsicum, salt etc, of which prices of salad items mostly increased.
The five-member family man, Reza, however, managed to complete his Eid shopping in the kitchen market with Tk2,000 to celebrate the ensuing festival.
