Staff Reporter :
The prices of vegetables, rice, sugar, gram, meat, fish, salt, edible oil, garlic and some spices continue upward trend in the city’s kitchen market on Saturday.
Market observers, however, found a huge price gap between farm land and city retails market, transpiring that middlemen are pocketing profits.
Of the vegetables, brinjal was selling at Tk 50 to 65 per kg, bean at Tk 50 to 60, tomato at Tk 45 to 50, Sajina at Tk 100 per kg, potato at Tk 22 to 30, cucurbitaceous at Tk 60 to 70, carrot at Tk 40 to 50, bitter gourd at Tk 50 to 60, cucumber at Tk 50 to 40, spone gourd at Tk 60 to 70, papaya at Tk 50 to 60, french at Tk 60 to 70, snake gourd at Tk 40 to 50, okra at Tk 70, pumpkin (medium size) at Tk 50 to 60 per piece, bottle gourd at Tk 40 to 50, ash gourd at Tk 40 to 50 per piece, cabbage at Tk 25 to 30, cauliflower at 25 to 30 per piece, coriander leaves at Tk 220 per kg, green chilli at 60 to 70 kg, capsicum (red) at Tk 250 per kg and capsicum (green) at Tk 200 to 220 per kg and spinach Tk five per bundle. Lemon was selling at Tk seven to eight per piece.
Of fishes, boal (sheat) was selling at Tk 250 to 300 per kg on Friday, cat fish at Tk 550 to 700 while cultivated cat fish (Shing) at Tk 350- 550 per kg, barbell (cultivated) at Tk 400 to 600, butter fish at Tk 550 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 (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 sold 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 on Saturday.
Miniket was selling at Tk 55 to 57, 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 import 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 litres) and Tk 530 (five litres).
The price of chicken was Tk 155-Tk 165 per kg and of layer Tk 185-Tk 195 per kg on Friday. Indigenous chicken price is too high, while Pakistani variety was traded for Tk 240-Tk 270 per kg. Beef and red meat price was Tk 490-Tk 500 and Tk 750-Tk 800 per kg respectively.
The prices of vegetables, rice, sugar, gram, meat, fish, salt, edible oil, garlic and some spices continue upward trend in the city’s kitchen market on Saturday.
Market observers, however, found a huge price gap between farm land and city retails market, transpiring that middlemen are pocketing profits.
Of the vegetables, brinjal was selling at Tk 50 to 65 per kg, bean at Tk 50 to 60, tomato at Tk 45 to 50, Sajina at Tk 100 per kg, potato at Tk 22 to 30, cucurbitaceous at Tk 60 to 70, carrot at Tk 40 to 50, bitter gourd at Tk 50 to 60, cucumber at Tk 50 to 40, spone gourd at Tk 60 to 70, papaya at Tk 50 to 60, french at Tk 60 to 70, snake gourd at Tk 40 to 50, okra at Tk 70, pumpkin (medium size) at Tk 50 to 60 per piece, bottle gourd at Tk 40 to 50, ash gourd at Tk 40 to 50 per piece, cabbage at Tk 25 to 30, cauliflower at 25 to 30 per piece, coriander leaves at Tk 220 per kg, green chilli at 60 to 70 kg, capsicum (red) at Tk 250 per kg and capsicum (green) at Tk 200 to 220 per kg and spinach Tk five per bundle. Lemon was selling at Tk seven to eight per piece.
Of fishes, boal (sheat) was selling at Tk 250 to 300 per kg on Friday, cat fish at Tk 550 to 700 while cultivated cat fish (Shing) at Tk 350- 550 per kg, barbell (cultivated) at Tk 400 to 600, butter fish at Tk 550 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 (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 sold 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 on Saturday.
Miniket was selling at Tk 55 to 57, 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 import 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 litres) and Tk 530 (five litres).
The price of chicken was Tk 155-Tk 165 per kg and of layer Tk 185-Tk 195 per kg on Friday. Indigenous chicken price is too high, while Pakistani variety was traded for Tk 240-Tk 270 per kg. Beef and red meat price was Tk 490-Tk 500 and Tk 750-Tk 800 per kg respectively.
