Staff Reporter :
The prices of essential commodities including rice, edible oil, onion, eggs, chickens, potatoes, pulse and vegetables continue to rise in Dhaka’s kitchen markets causing much dissatisfaction among the consumers.
Visiting several kitchen markets in the capital on Friday, it was found that the price of broiler chickens had gone up by Tk20 compared to last week.
A liter of bottled soybean oil currently costs Tk160. It was being sold at Tk150 just two days ago.
According to the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB), soybean oil prices have risen by 4 per cent in two days, 7 per cent in one month and 43 per cent in a year.
Palm oil prices have seen the highest surge, according to TCB data. The price of loose palm oil has increased by 66% per kg, while the price of super palm oil has risen by 60%.
Traders said the price of eggs had been on the rise for almost a month, and two pairs of eggs, which were selling for Tk28 a month ago, were now selling for Tk37.
Meanwhile, the prices of ginger and garlic have shot up by Tk20 and Tk10 per kg, in that order, in a week’s time.
The price of potatoes, which was selling at Tk18-20 per kg for some time, has gone up to Tk25 all of a sudden.
On the other hand, the price of onions has remained unchanged – they are being sold at Tk45-50 per kg, as they were last week.
