Thanks to the ongoing boro season, the prices of freshly arrived miniket rice in the capital鈥檚 kitchen market dropped further, ranging from Tk聽10 to Tk聽15 per kg, depending on variants.
However, the prices of coarse rice and a fine variant of nazirshail remain the same on Friday as before.
Meanwhile, the prices of most vegetables remain high compared with a few weeks ago, though they haven鈥檛 experienced any further hike.
After visiting some kitchen markets, including Karwan Bazar, Agargaon Taltola Bazar and Kallyanpur Natun Bazar, it was seen that the fine miniket rice of different brands was sold at a range of Tk聽65-85, which was Tk 75-100 a few weeks ago.
A trader at Karwan Bazar鈥檚 Al Amin Traders said that the price of rice dropped due to the arrival of new boro rice.
鈥楤oro harvesting season is going on and new rice extracted from freshly harvested boro paddy are already in the markets, which accelerated the drop,鈥� he added.
Usually, the boro paddy is used to make thinner and finer miniket rice.
However, the prices of old rice and coarse and nazirshail variants remained high. On Friday, the same as in the past few weeks, they were sold at Tk 52-65 a kilogram.
The prices of vegetables and spices like onions, chillies, and garlic didn鈥檛 experience a fresh hike; they remained high as they had been for the past few weeks.
The onions were sold at Tk 55-60 per kg, while green chillies were sold at Tk聽80-100 per kg.
Chicken prices also remained the same after witnessing a hike in the past weeks. They were sold at Tk聽180-190 per kg.
Eggs were sold at Tk聽125-130 per dozen on Friday, however, at some neigbourhood markets, the price of brown eggs were Tk聽130-135 per dozen.
Due to the low seasonal supply, the prices of newly arrived summer vegetables remained high on Friday, though they did not rise significantly in the past few weeks.
The spiny gourd was sold at Tk聽80-100 a kilogram, snake gourd, luffa, pointed gourd, yardlong bean, and bitter gourd were sold at Tk聽60 at Karwan Bazar and Tk 60-80 at neighbourhood markets.
Ladies鈥� fingers were sold for Tk 60 at Karwan Bazar and Tk 80 at local markets, and aubergines were sold for Tk聽80 for round-shaped and Tk聽100 for long-shaped.
Vegetables like wax gourd (chalkumra) and bottle gourd (lau) were sold around Tk聽50-90 per piece, and papaya at Tk聽60-70 per kg.
The prices of tomatoes and potatoes remained unchanged, at Tk聽30 and Tk聽20 per kg.
Vegetable prices remain high in early summer every year, as this month witnesses low vegetable production between winter and summer.
However, the traders said the prices of vegetables were still lower in early summer than last year.
Aman Ullah, a trader from Kallyanpur Natun Bazar, told 抖阴精品 that with abundant supply, prices will be lowered soon, as they haven鈥檛 experienced any fresh hikes in recent weeks.
Recently, the government increased the retail price of bottled soya bean oil by Tk 14 a litre, bringing it to Tk聽189 from Tk 175 a litre.
The new price of a five-litre bottle of soya bean oil has been fixed at Tk聽922, up from that of Tk聽852 earlier.
Alongside bottled oil, unpackaged soya bean and palm oil prices have been fixed at Tk 169 a litre, up from Tk 157 a litre.
The price of beef and mutton stayed the same, about Tk聽750-聽800 a kilogram for beef and Tk聽1,100-1,200 for mutton.
Kabery Sulatana, a buyer from Kallyanpur, said the prices of the most of the essentials have risen recently, and she urged the government to monitor the market regularly.
