The price of most vegetables and green chillies remained high on the capital鈥檚 kitchen markets on Friday.
The prices of almost all types of vegetables ranged from Tk 40 to Tk 80 a kilogram, while green chillies were sold at Tk 160-180 a kilogram at the wholesale market, such as Karwan Bazar, and聽at Tk 180-220 at local neighbourhood markets in the city.聽
After visiting some kitchen markets and makeshift vendor shops at Kallyanpur, Agargaon and Karwan Bazar in the capital, the scenario was observed.
The price of green chillies was at Tk 80-120 a kilogram about three weeks ago and reached over Tk 300 two weeks ago.
Traders said that due to heavy rains across the country for several weeks, the supply of green chillies and other vegetables declined significantly.
Mohammad Sakib, who sells only green chilli at Karwan Bazar, said that the prices of green chilli have even hiked in its largest producing districts, like Bagura.
鈥榃e have to buy at higher prices, which impacting the retail prices. Our suppliers claimed that the price hiked at Bagura and reached even Tk 180 per kg,鈥� he added.
He also said that due to the rain, the significant amount of green chilli spoiled, leading a supply shortage at the markets.
鈥楬owever, as supply increased slightly, the price lowered to the current rate from the previous Tk 300,鈥� he added.
Prices of broiler chicken also witnessed a hike on the neighbourhood markets on Friday, reaching聽Tk聽160-170, compared with that of Tk聽150-160 past week.
Meanwhile, the chicken price at Karwan Bazar remained unchanged at Tk聽150 a kilogram.
Moreover, the prices of almost all vegetables remained high, with a fresh hike observed in the past week.聽
Vegetable traders also claimed that due to heavy rain, the supply had declined coinciding with the end of the peak season for several vegetables.
The high prices of vegetables would remain sustained for some time until fresh produce of the new season arrived.
On Friday, onions were sold at Tk聽60 a kilogram, local garlic was sold at Tk聽140 a kilogram, while its imported variety was sold at Tk聽200 a kilogram at the Karwan Bazar kitchen market.
Spiny gourd was sold at Tk 50-60 a kilogram, the same as last week, where snake gourd, loofah and pointed gourd were sold at Tk 50-60 a kilogram on the market.
The price of lady fingers was Tk 40-50 a kilogram, while yardlong beans, bitter gourds and aubergines were sold for Tk 50-70 a kilogram.
Red chillies were sold at Tk 350-400 a kilogram, depending on the variant.
Cucumbers were sold for Tk 70-80 a kilogram, while taro was sold at Tk 50 a kilogram.
The price of potatoes has聽increased slightly to Tk 25-30 a kilogram.
However, the price of the above vegetables was about Tk 10-20 higher per unit at local markets.
Some vegetables that are currently out of season were still available on the market, but at significantly higher prices.
Among them, beans were selling for Tk 300-400 a kilogram, coriander leaves for Tk 350-400 a kilogram, while cauliflower and cabbage were being sold at Tk 80-100 each.
The price of Miniket rice ranged from Tk 75 to Tk 86 a kilogram, depending on the variant.
Beef was sold for Tk 750-780 a kilogram on Friday, while mutton was sold for Tk 1,100-1,250 a kilogram.
Due to a sufficient supply, the fish market has remained relatively stable.
Packaged soya bean oil was sold at Tk 189 a litre and a 5-litre bottle of the item at Tk 922, whereas the prices of unpackaged soya bean oil and palm oil were Tk 169 a litre.
