Despite huge supply, prices of all winter vegetables have increased at local markets in Sylhet area, putting low -income group people into trouble.
Different kinds of vegetable including cauliflower, brinjal, bean, tomato, cabbage, gourd and radish are abundantly available in the market but the prices are three or four times higher compared to the past years.
Per kg cauliflower was selling at Tk 40, brinjal at Tk 50, tomato at Tk 40, onion at Tk 60, cucumber at Tk 50, green chilli at Tk 40, and potato at Tk 20. However, most of the varieties of the vegetable are selling at between Tk 30 and 50. Besides, different leafy vegetables are selling at Tk 10 to Tk 20 per bundle.
Habibur Rahman, 65, a customer at Vegetable market Subhanighat said, “Now we are buying the vegetables at higher prices. I have not seen such high prices of vegetable during the peak season in the past years,”
Lack of monitoring of the market by the authority concerned has encouraged the sellers to sell the vegetables at such high prices, claimed some buyers.
Monitoring the market is very much necessary to bring the vegetable prices at a tolerable level, said another customer Anwar.
Wholesaler of Subhanighat vegetable market Kamal Mia said, Bad weather for the last few weeks hampered the growth of the vegetables, so their prices have gone up abnormally; the prices may come down in February if the weather remains favorable.
Sylhet Festival on March 4
Sylhet Festival Observation Committee announced the first ever Sylhet Festival to be held in the UK on 4 March 2018 at a press conference chaired by the Committee’s Chair Ansar Ahmed Ullah.
Co-Chair Jamal Khan conducted the conference with Ahad Chowdhury Babu reading out a written statement highlighting the purpose of the festival. Others from the Committee in attendance were Committee’s treasurer A S M Masum, Media Secretary Juyel Raj & Member Shah Mustafizur Rahman Belal among others present at the press conference.
The statement read, ‘The origin of first substantial Bengali settlement can be traced to the Bengali lascars from Sylhet region. Bengalis from Sylhet form a significant portion of the Bengali diaspora, particularly in Britain. Today this community stands at 500,000, majority of whom are from greater Sylhet region.
The Sylhet Utsav is intended to be an annual celebration of the achievement of this community with a festival. The event is planned for 4 March 2018 compromising a day long festivity celebrating the history, heritage, culture, food and music of Sylhet and its community.’
