The prices of essential commodities, including vegetables and eggs, skyrocketed on the kitchen markets in the capital Dhaka on Sunday.
Traders said that transports of the commodities had remained almost suspended since July 17 amid unrests centring quota reform movement across the country.
The government imposed a curfew across the country from midnight past Friday as at least 110 people were killed and several thousand others were injured till Friday in clashes across the country in quota reform protests, starting from July 16.
Due to a lack of transports, the supply of vegetables almost halved and the prices doubled on both wholesale and retail markets in the city, traders said.
They said that the stock of rice and eggs remained satisfactory on the wholesale markets, but the supply of the items from the store houses had remained halted.
They said that the stock of eggs ran out in retail shops in some areas in the capital.
The prices of most of the vegetables doubled in past five days in the city鈥檚 kitchen markets.
Aubergine sold for Tk聽120-150 a kilogram, papaya for Tk聽70鈥�80 a kilogram, bitter gourd for Tk聽100 a kilogram, gourds for Tk聽100 apiece, okra for Tk聽80-90 a kilogram, pointed gourd for Tk聽70-80 a kilogram, tomato for Tk聽250-300 a kilogram and carrot for Tk聽220-260 a kilogram on Sunday.
The prices of green chillies nearly tripled in past five days and the item sold for Tk聽400-500 a kilogram in the city on the day.
The price of eggs increased by Tk聽10 a hali (four pieces) in past three days and the items sold for Tk聽55-60 a hali in the city on Sunday.
Md Maksud, a retail trader in the Mohammadpur area in the capital, said that there was stock of eggs in the warehouses of the wholesalers, but the supply had remained suspend for the past few days due to the unrest situation.
The prices of onions remained high and the local variety of onions sold for Tk聽120-130 a kilogram while the imported variety sold for Tk聽130 a kilogram in the city markets.
The prices of garlic also remained high and its local variety sold for Tk 240-250 a kilogram while the imported variety sold for Tk聽220-230 a kilogram on Sunday.
The prices of broiler chicken sold for Tk聽180-190 a kilogram while locally bred hens sold for Tk 600鈥�700 a kilogram on the day.
Sonalika variety of chicken sold for Tk聽350鈥�380 a kilogram in the capital on Sunday.
