Staff Reporter :
Prices of vegetables and fishes increased further in the city’s kitchen markets on Friday while the prices of broiler chicken decreased compared with the pre-Eid prices.
Despite abundant supply, price of Hilsha is still high in the city’s kitchen markets yesterday.
Meanwhile, most of the vendors and traders reopened their shops, except the beef traders as the holidaymakers started to return to the capital in large numbers in the last few days.
Prices of vegetables, including papaya, snake gourds, pointed gourds, ridge gourds, sponge gourds, eddo, okra and bitter gourds have increased by Tk 5 to Tk 10 per kg. They were selling between Tk 40 and Tk 70 per kg yesterday.
All kinds of leafy vegetables, ash gourds and bottle gourds marked the price hike by Tk 3 to Tk10 per piece.
However, a wholesaler said that prices of the vegetables surged amid supply crunch as many traders in some districts are yet to start their business after Eid.
He expressed the hope that seasonal vegetable prices will decline within a few days with the rise in supply.
Transactions in the kitchen markets have also increased significantly in city’s wholesale markets like Karwanbazar, Shaymbazar, Jatrabari, Maulavibazar, traders said.
Visiting the Karwanbazar market, this correspondent saw a large number of customers and traders on Friday.
“Transactions increased notably as 120 vegetable-laden trucks came to the market on Friday while the number was less than 10 on last Sunday,” said Secretary of Uttar Karwanbazar Babsayee Janakalyan Samity Jamal Uddin Babul.
Supply of both riverine and cultured fish has increased significantly in the city markets. But the prices of fishes witnessed a hike by Tk 20 to Tk 60 per kg, compared to the pre-Eid days.
Prices of cultured rui, tilapia and pangas have increased by Tk 20 a kg while the riverine fish prices (except Hilsa) raised further by Tk 50-Tk 60 per kg.
Broiler chicken prices have declined by Tk 10 in a week, now selling at Tk 125-Tk 135 per kg.
Prices of onion and ginger have remained unchanged.
Beef shops will remain shut for another one week as refrigerators of city dwellers are now full of meat of sacrificial animals, said traders.
Prices of vegetables and fishes increased further in the city’s kitchen markets on Friday while the prices of broiler chicken decreased compared with the pre-Eid prices.
Despite abundant supply, price of Hilsha is still high in the city’s kitchen markets yesterday.
Meanwhile, most of the vendors and traders reopened their shops, except the beef traders as the holidaymakers started to return to the capital in large numbers in the last few days.
Prices of vegetables, including papaya, snake gourds, pointed gourds, ridge gourds, sponge gourds, eddo, okra and bitter gourds have increased by Tk 5 to Tk 10 per kg. They were selling between Tk 40 and Tk 70 per kg yesterday.
All kinds of leafy vegetables, ash gourds and bottle gourds marked the price hike by Tk 3 to Tk10 per piece.
However, a wholesaler said that prices of the vegetables surged amid supply crunch as many traders in some districts are yet to start their business after Eid.
He expressed the hope that seasonal vegetable prices will decline within a few days with the rise in supply.
Transactions in the kitchen markets have also increased significantly in city’s wholesale markets like Karwanbazar, Shaymbazar, Jatrabari, Maulavibazar, traders said.
Visiting the Karwanbazar market, this correspondent saw a large number of customers and traders on Friday.
“Transactions increased notably as 120 vegetable-laden trucks came to the market on Friday while the number was less than 10 on last Sunday,” said Secretary of Uttar Karwanbazar Babsayee Janakalyan Samity Jamal Uddin Babul.
Supply of both riverine and cultured fish has increased significantly in the city markets. But the prices of fishes witnessed a hike by Tk 20 to Tk 60 per kg, compared to the pre-Eid days.
Prices of cultured rui, tilapia and pangas have increased by Tk 20 a kg while the riverine fish prices (except Hilsa) raised further by Tk 50-Tk 60 per kg.
Broiler chicken prices have declined by Tk 10 in a week, now selling at Tk 125-Tk 135 per kg.
Prices of onion and ginger have remained unchanged.
Beef shops will remain shut for another one week as refrigerators of city dwellers are now full of meat of sacrificial animals, said traders.
