Within a span of a week, price of all kinds of vegetables had gone up in the capital’s different kitchen markets while price of onion came down.
Traders said short supply of vegetables is the main reason behind the price hike while onion price reduced due to satisfactory production.
On Friday, while visiting different kitchen markets in the capital, including Karwan Bazar this correspondent found such price variations of essential commodities.
In Karwan Bazar, it was found that, onion was selling at Tk 40 per kilogram (kg) while it was being sold at Tk 45 last week. Besides, indian onion was selling at Tk 36 per kg.
In the vegetable markets, it was found that bean was selling at Tk 60 per kg, tomatoes at Tk 20 per kg, turnip at Tk 00 per kg, string at Tk 70, brinjal at Tk 40, cucumber at Tk 40, parwal at Tk 60, papaya at Tk 30, bitter gourd at Tk 70, okra at Tk 60, and carrots were being sold at Tk 40 per kg, per piece of cauliflower and cabbage was at Tk 20 and gourd was being sold at Tk 40 per piece.
On the other hand, Indian garlic was selling at Tk 120, local garlic at Tk 50 per kg, local ginger at Tk 65 and Chinese ginger was selling at Tk 130 per kg. Loose sugar was being sold at Tk 68 per kg in these markets.
In the rice market, BR-28 rice was being sold at Tk 45 to Tk 48 per kg, Miniket at Tk 75, Nazir at Tk 65 to Tk 70, Swarna rice at Tk 48 and loose edible oil was being sold at Tk 135 per liter.
The prices of beef and mutton remain unchanged in these markets. Besides, the prices of other products including spices were also the same as last week. Mutton was being sold at Tk 700 to Tk 750 per kg, and beef at Tk 580 per kg.
Chital fish was selling at Tk 450 to Tk 500 per kg, Awn fish at Tk 500, Rohi at Tk 250 to Tk 350 per kg, Katla at Tk 170 to Tk 280, Tilapia at Tk 130 to Tk 150, Boal fish at Tk 400 to Tk 500, Pangas was sold at Tk 120 to Tk 150, Pabda at Tk 150 to Tk 250, and Shing was being sold at Tk 300 to Tk 450 (based on quality and size) in these markets.
