Staff Reporter :
After edible oil turmoil, the vegetables’ price is going beyond the purchasing capacity of the low and the middle income group of people in the city of Dhaka.
There is no vegetable below Tk 50 per kg except potato, which is being sold at Tk 20 to 25 only. There are few vegetables being sold at Tk 100, some times even more..
The good news from the market is about onion, as it is being sold at Tk 40 to Tk 45 showing a decrease of Tk 5 to Tk 10.
After visiting kitchen market in capital it was seen that three vegetables-Cucurbitaceous, French and Carrot are being sold at Tk 100 and more whereas one week ago these were selling at Tk 60-70, Tk 50-60 and Tk 60-70.
Moreover, brinjal and bitter gourd are being sold at Tk 60-80 while papaya at Tk 60-70, green Banana (four pieces) Tk 40-50 and Tomato Tk 60-80.
The price of Parval, okra, Sponge gourd and snake gourd have increased selling at Tk 40-50, Tk 40-50, Tk 50-60, and Green chilies at Tk 120-140 a kg.
The price of local variety of garlic increased by Tk 40 a kg and was sold for Tk 90-100 on Friday while imported garlic at Tk 140-150 a kg.
The prices of lentil and potatoes increased by Tk 5 a kilogram.
The coarse variety of red lentil was sold for Tk 105-110 a kg and the medium-quality variety for Tk 115-120 on Friday. The fine variety was sold for Tk 125-130.
Traders in the rural areas are gaining uncontrolled profit leaving low income people in severe distress. After increase of soybean oil price, traders started to rise the prices of other commodities. I do not know how I will survive with my family members,’ Shariful Isalam, a teacher of a private kindergarten in the city’s Mohammadpur said.
Shariful said that the supply of edible oils increased in the market but the price Tk 396 for two litres make the consumers more distressed.. When asked, the shopkeeper could not give any reply.
Though the commerce ministry and refiners set the price of loose soybean oil at Tk 180 a litre, the item was selling at Tk 210-220 a litre inthe market on Friday.
Palm oil was sold for Tk 180-190 a litre though the government set the price of the item
at Tk 172 a litre. A one-litre bottle of soybean oil was sold for Tk 198-200 while a five-litre container of the item sold for Tk 985-995 in the city in the day.
The price of beef remained high selling for Tk 680-700 a kg and mutton for Tk 900-1,000.The price of broiler chicken was sold for Tk 165-170 a kg.
The Sonali variety of chickens was sold for Tk 280-310 a kg and the local variety for Tk 500-550 on the day.
Rice remained costly over the week and the coarse variety of the staple was sold for Tk 45-48 a kg in the city on Friday. The medium-quality variety of rice was sold for Tk 50-52 a kg while the BR-28 variety, also known as a lower-grade Miniket, at Tk 52-55 a kg.
The fine-variety Miniket was sold for Tk 65-68 a kg and Najirshail for Tk 68-70 on the day. Rohit sold for Tk 280-400 a kg and carp for Tk 280-380, depending on size and quality. Pangas was sold for Tk 160-190 and Tilapia for Tk 150-160.
The price of ginger, also, remained unchanged, with the imported variety selling for Tk 120-130 a kg and the local variety for Tk 80-110 on the day.
Fine-quality packaged salt was selling at Tk 32-35 a kg.
