With supply down, almost all vegetable prices have risen week-on-week. Green chilli, in particular, jumped 40 taka in one go. Egg prices have also edged up, though chicken is selling at the previous rates.
Sellers say continuous rain across the country has damaged crops, while transport disruption has cut vegetable supply into Dhaka, leaving the market somewhat unstable. Buyers, however, say that although a shortage is cited as the reason, there is no actual scarcity of vegetables in the market.
Every shop is well stocked with vegetables, yet they must be bought at higher prices.
This picture emerged on Friday (July 10) across various markets in the capital.
A tour of the markets found bitter gourd at 60–80 taka, okra at 50–60 taka, pointed gourd at 60–80 taka depending on type, taro at 80–100 taka, yardlong bean at 60–80 taka, eggplant up 20 taka to 80–120 taka a kilogram, taro stolon at 80–100 taka, ridge gourd at 60 taka, drumstick at 160–200 taka and hybrid sponge gourd at 60 taka a kilogram.
Tomatoes sold at 180–220 taka depending on type, radish at 70 taka, cauliflower at 60–70 taka a piece, cabbage at 60 taka and bottle gourd at 60–80 taka a piece. Green chilli, up 40 taka, sold at 140–160 taka a kilogram.
Elsewhere, papaya sold at 50 taka, sweet pumpkin at 40 taka, local cucumber at 100 taka and the hybrid variety at 60 taka, potatoes at 25–30 taka and local onions at 40 taka.
A hali (four) of lemons sold at 15–30 taka. Local coriander leaves went for 250 taka and hybrid coriander for 180 taka a kilogram; a hali of raw bananas sold at 40 taka, ash gourd at 60 taka a piece and capsicum at 350 taka. A bundle of red spinach sold at 15 taka, bottle-gourd greens at 40 taka, two bundles of water spinach at 20 taka, Malabar spinach at 40 taka and two bundles of stem amaranth at 30 taka.
In these markets a dozen red (broiler) hen eggs sold at 120 taka, a dozen duck eggs at 180 taka, a hali of local hen eggs at 100 taka and a hali of Sonali hen eggs at 70 taka.
A tour of the poultry market found that, as in the previous week, Sonali chicken sold at 330 taka and Sonali hybrid at 300 taka a kilogram. Red layer sold at 340 taka, broiler at 165 taka and local chicken at 700 taka. Beef sold at 780–800 taka and mutton at 1,300 taka a kilogram.
In the fish market, hilsa weighing 300 grams sold at 1,100–1,200 taka a kilogram and 500–700 gram hilsa at 1,800–2,000 taka. Farmed shing sold at 300–600 taka by size and local shing at 1,200–1,400 taka; rui, up in price, at 400–550 taka by size; local magur at 900–1,200 taka; mrigel at 350–450 taka; farmed pangas at 180–200 taka; shrimp at 800–1,400 taka; boyal at 600–800 taka; large katla at 400–550 taka; poa at 350–400 taka; pabda at 400–450 taka; tilapia at 200 taka; koi at 200–220 taka; mola at 500 taka; batasi tengra at 1,400 taka; tengra at 500–800 taka; kachki at 400 taka; and mixed small fish at 220 taka a kilogram.
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