The prices of Miniket rice and most vegetables remained stable on the capital鈥檚 kitchen markets on Friday owing to abundant supply.
According to traders, the price of newly arrived Miniket rice dropped by Tk 10-15 a kilogram over the past few weeks and remained at the same state.
Moreover, due to the abundant supply, prices of most vegetables witnessed a fall over the past few weeks and were following the same trend on the day.
On Friday, after visiting Karwan Bazar, Agargaon Taltola Bazar and Kallyanpur Natun Bazar, it was seen that fine Miniket rice of different brands was sold at Tk聽65-80 a kilogram, which was Tk 75-100 a month ago.
However, the prices of coarse rice and fine variant of Nazirshail remained the same.
A trader of Al Amin Traders at Karwan Bazar said that the price of rice dropped due to the arrival of new boro rice.
鈥楾he boro season has already over at the rice producing region of the country and the market has abundant of supply of rice from newly harvested boro paddy,鈥� he added.
Usually, boro paddy is used to make thinner and finer Miniket rice.
On Friday, like the past few days, the price of coarse and other variants was ranging at Tk 52-65 a kilogram.
After witnessing a fall in the price in the past two weeks, the prices of almost all vegetables remained unchanged or saw further decline on Friday.
Among high priced items, onions were sold at Tk 55-60 a kilogram, while garlic was sold at Tk 130 a kilogram for the local variant and Tk 200 a kilogram for the imported one.聽
Almost all vegetables were available at a price range of Tk 40-60 a kilogram.
Spiny gourd was sold at Tk聽60 a kilogram, snake gourd, loofa, pointed gourd, yardlong bean and bitter gourd were sold at Tk聽40-60 a kilogram on the markets.
Lady fingers were sold for Tk 40-50 a kilogram at Karwan Bazar and Tk 50-60 a kilogram at local markets and round aubergines were sold for Tk聽60 a kilogram and long ones for Tk聽80-90 a kilogram.
Wax gourd and bottle gourd were sold, depending on their sizes, for Tk 40-80 apiece.
Most of the items were Tk 5-15 more two weeks ago.
The prices of green chillis ranged from Tk 40-60 a kilogram, depending on the variant. The prices of potatoes remained unchanged at Tk 20 a kilogram.
However, as tomato season ended, price of the item rose up to Tk 70 a kilogram, from Tk 50 last week.
Broiler chicken prices remained unchanged at Tk 170-180 a kilogram, while the price of eggs saw a hike to Tk 135-140 a dozen, up from that of Tk 130-135 in past few weeks.
Jasim Uddin, a trader at Karwan Bazar, told 抖阴精品, 鈥楾here is no chance for the prices of vegetables to shoot up as long as the supply chain is normal,鈥� he added.
However, due to a shortage in supply, the prices of fish have remained high.
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. Prices of unpackaged soya bean and palm oil have been fixed at Tk 169 a litre, up from Tk 157 a litre.
The price of beef and mutton stayed the same, at about Tk聽750-800 a kilogram and Tk聽1,100-1,200 a kilogram respectively.