Prices of most of the vegetables have risen again in the capital's kitchen markets over the past week on the pretext of rains and rising demand. Most of the vegetables are now above Tk 40 per kg. However, the prices of various spices including onion, garlic and ginger have come down.
The information was gathered visiting various kitchen markets in the capital on Friday.
The prices of all types of vegetables have risen Tk 5- Tk 10 per kg. One kg of bitter gourd is being sold at Tk 50 to Tk 60, papaya at Tk 30 to Tk 40, taro shoots Tk 60 to Tk 65, snake gourd Tk 40 to Tk 50 and brinjal at Tk 50 to Tk 60/kg. Besides, each piece of pumpkin is being sold at Tk 35 to Tk 40 and green bananas are being sold at Tk 6 to Tk 7 per piece. Potatoes are being sold at Tk 28 to Tk 30 per kg. Besides vegetables, the price of green chillies has also gone up to Tk 40 to Tk 50 from last week’s Tk 20- Tk 30/kg.
Rezaul Islam, a vegetable seller at Mohammadpur Town Hall Kitchen Market, said the capital’s residents have returned in droves as the lockdown has eased. So the demand for everything in the market has also roared ahead. Besides, some vegetables have been damaged due to rains in the last few days. Due to this the price of vegetables is a bit higher now.
However, prices of onion, garlic and ginger have come down slightly compared to last week. Onions of local variety are being sold at Tk 40 to Tk 45 per kg. Domestic garlic is being sold at Tk 100 to Tk 140 per kg. And ginger is being sold for Tk 100 to Tk 120 per kg.
Meanwhile, prices of almost all types of spices including cumin, cardamom, cinnamon, cloves and bay leaves have come down in the market. All of these prices have fallen by more than 10 percent. In the retail market, cumin is being sold at Tk 400 to Tk 450 per kg, cinnamon at Tk 400 to Tk 450, cloves at Tk 1,000 to Tk 1,100 and cardamom at Tk 3,000 to Tk 3,600 per kg.
Meanwhile, chicken, beef and mutton are being sold at higher prices as before. Broiler chickens are being sold at Tk 140 to Tk 150 per kg, red layer chicken is being sold at Tk 220 to Tk 230 per kg and Pakistani chicken is being sold at Tk 240 to Tk 280 per kg. Non-farm chicken is being sold at Tk 450 to Tk 500 per kg. Beef is being sold at Tk 580 to Tk 600 per kg and mutton is being sold at Tk 800 to Tk 850 per kg.
Talking to The Business Post Mominul Islam, a resident in Rayerbazar area, said vegetable prices were a bit lower last week. But today the prices of everything have shot up again. In a few days, nothing has happened in the country that will increase the prices. It's nothing but traders’ syndicated manipulation. If they are severely punished, the people will get rid of this syndicate, he added.
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