The prices of eggs on the capital鈥檚 kitchen markets witnessed a fresh hike on Friday, reaching Tk 145-150 per dozen for the brown variant.
After visiting some kitchen markets, including Kallyanpur Natun Bazar, Agargaon Taltola Bazar, and Karwan Bazar, it was observed that white eggs were sold at Tk 135-140 per dozen.
In the past week, the brown egg sold at Tk聽135, and the white one at Tk聽130, indicating that the essential item saw a price hike of about Tk 10-15 per dozen.
Tofazzal Ahmed, a trader from Karwan Bazar, said that the prices of eggs witnessed a fresh hike due to supply shortage.
Due to heavy rain for the last few weeks, the supply of eggs has declined significantly. Moreover, due to high prices of vegetables, consumers鈥� pressure on eggs surged, which contributed the price hike,鈥� he added.
The price of green chillies declined from last week, though it remained at Tk 180-220 in neighbourhood markets and Tk聽160-170 per kilogram in wholesale markets.
On Friday, spiny gourd was sold at Tk 100 a kilogram, pointed gourds at Tk 60 a kilogram, and okra at Tk 70-80 a kilogram.
The price of yardlong beans remained unchanged, sold at Tk 100-120 a kilogram, while bitter gourds were sold at Tk 80-100 a kilogram.聽
Aubergine was sold at Tk 100-120 a kilogram, cucumbers at Tk 60-80 a kilogram, and tomatoes at Tk 120-140 a kilogram on Friday.聽
Red chillies were sold for Tk 350-500 a kilogram, depending on the variant.
Potatoes were sold for Tk 20-25 a kilogram, papaya for Tk 30, taro runner for Tk聽50-60 and taro stem for Tk 40-50 a kilogram.
Bottle gourds were sold at Tk 40-60 apiece, based on the variant.
The local garlic variant was sold for Tk 100-130 a kilogram, while the imported variant was sold for Tk 200 a kilogram. Meanwhile, ginger was sold at Tk 130 a kilogram on Friday.
Prices of vegetables were about Tk聽10-20 higher per unit on neighbourhood markets in the capital compared with those on wholesale markets.
Traders said that due to excessive rain throughout the seasons and several deep depressions over the Bay of Bengal, vegetables spoiled, even in the highlands.
Monir Hossain, a vegetable trader from Kallyanpur, said that due to heavy rain, the early winter vegetables haven鈥檛 arrived at the market yet.
The persistent high prices have left consumers struggling over the past few months.
Hasan Mahmud, a consumer from Kallyanpur, said that聽he used to buy eggs because the prices of fish, meat, and vegetables remained high.
鈥楴ow eggs are getting costly, meaning nothing is left for us.聽Almost every vegetable now costs between Tk 80 and Tk 100 a kilogram, a trend that has persisted for more than four months,鈥� he added.聽
He blamed the poor market monitoring by the authorities.
Regarding the prices of vegetables, Md Imran, president of Bangladesh Kachamal Arat Malik Samity, told 抖阴精品 earlier that due to excessive rain over the past few months, the farmland remained damp or waterlogged.
鈥楾he farmers could not even collect the vegetables on high land due to rain, as the soil was damp, while the vegetables on low land spoiled entirely,鈥� he added.
Moreover, the country鈥檚 agriculture is currently in the lean season, and prices will go down when the peak season starts, he added.
On the market, the prices of broiler chicken remained unchanged at Tk 170-180 a kilogram.
Onions were sold at Tk 70-80 a kilogram on Friday, packaged atta was sold at Tk 65-70 a kilogram, and unpackaged atta was sold at Tk 52 a kilogram.
Packaged maida was sold at Tk聽75 a kilogram while its unpackaged variant was sold at Tk聽65 a kilogram.
Fish were also sold at high prices over the past few weeks, with hilsa being sold at Tk 1,300-3,000 a kilogram, depending on size.聽
On Friday, the price of Miniket rice ranged from Tk 75 to Tk聽84 per kilogram, depending on the variant, while Paijam or Athash was sold at Tk 60-70 per kilogram and the coarse variant at Tk 55-60 per聽kilogram.
On Monday, the聽Bangladesh Vegetable Oil Refiners and Vanaspati Manufacturers Association issued a press release hiking the prices of edible oil at different levels, fixing a litre bottle at Tk 195, a five-litre bottle at Tk 945, loose soybean oil at Tk 177 per litre, and loose palm oil at Tk 163 per litre.
However, commerce adviser Sk Bashir Uddin on Tuesday stated that the government did not increase the prices of edible oil, adding that no decision has been made to do so.
Following this, the聽packaged soya bean oil was sold for Tk聽190 a litre, and a five-litre bottle of the item cost Tk 922. In contrast, the prices of unpackaged soya bean oil and palm oil were Tk 176 and Tk 166 a litre聽respectively, at the old prices.
The price of beef remained stable at Tk 750-800 a kilogram and mutton at Tk聽1,100-1,200 a kilogram on Friday.
