While prices of summer vegetables and broiler chicken remained stable in Dhaka’s kitchen markets over the past week, the cost of beef, eggs, and several spices saw an uptick.
Under this mobile "Truck Sale" initiative, TCB is selling edible oil, sugar, and lentils at subsidised rates. The prices are set at Tk 135 per litre for cooking oil, Tk 85 per kg for sugar, and Tk 80 per kg for lentils
Prices of several rice varieties, summer vegetables, and broiler chicken have fallen over the past week in kitchen markets across the capital, while onion prices remained steady and potatoes saw a slight increase.
Every other day, businessman Babul Miah boards a crowded bus from West Shewrapara and heads to Karwan Bazar to buy vegetables for his family..“It’s not convenient to carry seven or eight kilogrammes of vegetables back home by bus,” he said..“But I do it out of necessity. My business
Onion prices have been increasing over the past weeks, as farmers and traders release fewer stocks to local markets in the hope of better returns amid the government’s suspension of imports
Supply chain experts and consumer rights activists blame the absence of consistent market monitoring, dwindling supply of winter vegetables, and the end of VAT exemptions granted during Ramadan.
Improved supply and increased competition will help bring down prices soon, he says
The commerce ministry is going to hold a meeting tomorrow after edible oil refiners sought to hike prices of soybean oil by Tk 14 or 8 percent for each litre of packaged oil
Many struggling to cover costs and failing to avail cold storage facilities as prices dip
four pieces of medium sized lemons sold at Tk 100 to Tk 120
Watermelons are currently being sold at Tk 50 per kilogramme, with a variety of sizes and types available across the region
They demanded the removal of the municipality administrator and the upazila nirbahi officer
This Ramadan, Dhaka residents are finding some comfort in the mostly stable prices of food items and ingredients considered essential for the preparation of iftar meals.
Bottled soybean oil became scarce in many stores and markets as the demand for edible oil spiked ahead of Ramadan.
With just a day remaining before Ramadan begins, lemon prices in the capital’s kitchen markets have skyrocketed, frustrating consumers.
The interim government is set to import seven lakh tonnes of rice, the highest in the last seven fiscal years, as it looks to shore up its depleting food grain stock and ease the cost of living crisis for the low- and fixed-income people battered by the prolonged high inflation.
The prices of almost all varieties of rice have been increasing over the past three weeks, despite the withdrawal of import duties and the inflow of rice imports.
He alleged that the government has failed to stop the extortion of goods-carrying trucks by criminals and the members of law enforcement.
