Prices of vegetables high in capital

The prices of vegetables remained high in the city’s kitchen markets over the week ending Friday.
Traders said that consumers would have to wait until harvest of winter vegetables for decreasing prices as rains damaged farmland across the country.
They said the spice prices, however, remained stable just a week before Eid-ul-Azha.
Aubergine was selling at Tk 60-Tk 80 a kg, bitter gourd at Tk 70 a kg, okra at Tk 70 a kg, ribbed gourd at Tk 60 a kg, string bean at Tk 70 a kg, cucumber at Tk 60 a kg, tomato at Tk 85 a kg, papaya at Tk 40 a kg, green chilli at Tk 180 a kg and potato was selling at Tk 25 a kg over the week.
The prices of onion remained high and the local onion was selling at Tk 75 a kg while the imported onion was selling at Tk 70 a kg in the city’s kitchen markets on Friday.
Though the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh started to sale onion at the rate of Tk 50 a kg across the country the initiative failed to intervene the market.
The price of red lentil remained high and the fine variety of red lentil was selling at Tk 125-Tk 130 a kg while the imported item (coarse variety) was selling at Tk 105 a kg over the week.
The price of broiler decreased by Tk 5 a kg and the item was selling at Tk 140-Tk 145 a kg while the locally-bred hens were selling at Tk 300-Tk 450 a kg on the day.
Beef was selling at Tk 380 a kg and mutton at Tk 550 a kg on Friday.
Rohita was selling at Tk 200-Tk 300 a kg, katla at Tk 200-Tk 280 a kg, pangas at Tk 120-Tk 170 a kg and tilapia at Tk 110-Tk 180 a kg, depending on their size and quality.
Imported garlic was selling at Tk 110-Tk 120 a kg while the local variety was selling at Tk 80 a kg on the day.
The price of egg decressed by Tk 2 a hali (four pieces) and the item was selling at Tk 34 a hali in the city on Friday.
The prices of unpacked soya bean oil and palm oil remained unchanged and the items were selling at Tk 85-Tk 88 a litre and Tk 74-Tk 76 a litre respectively on the day.
The price of bottled soya bean oil remained unchanged. A one-litre container of soya bean oil was selling at Tk 100 while a five-litre container was selling at Tk 470-Tk 490 on Friday.
The prices of fish remained unchanged.
Rice prices remained unchanged over the week. The fine variety of BR-28 rice was selling at Tk 42-Tk 45 a kg and the coarse variety was selling at Tk 40-Tk 42 a kg on Friday. The fine variety of miniket rice was selling at Tk 48-Tk 50 a kg while the coarse variety was retailing at Tk 45-Tk 46 a kg. The coarse variety of rice was retailing at Tk 30-Tk 32 a kg over the week.

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