Traders blame low supply for high price; not enough catch in rivers even after 2-month ban
The agriculture ministry has started issuing permits to importers to bring potatoes to control prices
Loose sugar was selling in Dhaka markets today at Tk 135 to Tk 140 per kg- much higher than the government-fixed price - citing short supply..On April 8, the government set price at Tk 104 per kg for loose sugar and at Tk 109 for packaged sugar. Consumers, however, complained the ceiling h
MA Khair Chowdhury passed the Segunbagicha kitchen market, disappointed. "It's quite impossible to buy daily essentials from the market due to the high prices."
There are at least three laws and as many government bodies to protect the consumers from price manipulation, but it goes on unabated due to lax enforcement of the laws and a lack of coordination among the government organisations, say commodity experts.
Taking Tk 300 from her rickshaw-puller husband, Moni Begum went to Mirpur-11 kitchen market in the capital yesterday in the hope of buying some good food for her three children to eat on the first day of Ramadan.
Beef at Tk 640 a kg, mutton Tk 940 a kg, dressed broiler Tk 340 a kg, milk Tk 80 a litre and egg Tk 10 a piece
The Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock has taken the initiative to facilitate people's protein intake at a 'cheaper rate' and maintain the supply chain during the month of Ramadan
The right to food or the daily basic necessities is incorporated as one of the judicially unjustifiable Fundamental Principles of State Policies in our Constitution.
Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi took heavy flak in the Jatiya Sangsad yesterday for his ministry’s failure to arrest the price hike of daily essentials, which has worsened the plight of limited-income people.
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina has given directives to provide daily essentials at low prices to 1 crore needy families during the upcoming Ramadan.
