Early winter vegetables are reaching Dhaka's markets in growing quantities, and the price of beans, cauliflower, cabbage and radish has started to fall. Fish and meat have barely moved. Ittefaq reported the picture after visiting Karwan Bazar, Shantinagar and Notun Bazar in Turag on Friday.
Beans sold at Tk 60 to 70 a kilogram and radish at Tk 30 to 40. Cauliflower and cabbage cost Tk 30 to 40 apiece, depending on size. Sponge gourd and ridge gourd were Tk 50 to 60 a kilogram, okra and taro Tk 40 to 50, and yardlong beans, bitter gourd and spiny gourd Tk 60 to 70.
Not everything is cheaper. Tomatoes cost Tk 100 a kilogram, carrots Tk 120, round aubergines Tk 80 and green chillies Tk 60 to 80. A bottle gourd cost Tk 50 to 60. Old local potatoes were on sale at Tk 20 to 25 a kilogram.
Onions eased to Tk 45 to 50 a kilogram from Tk 50 to 60. Local ginger fell by Tk 10 to Tk 130, and local garlic sold at Tk 100 to 120. Aminul, a vegetable seller at Shantinagar, said supply of winter vegetables was rising and that all vegetables should be cheaper within about a month.
At the fish stalls, rohu cost Tk 280 to 380 a kilogram, catla Tk 300 to 380, pangas Tk 160 to 250, large tilapia Tk 180 to 200, farmed climbing perch Tk 180 to 250, pabda Tk 380 to 420 and prawns Tk 750 to 950.
Broiler chicken sold at Tk 170 to 190 a kilogram, Sonali chicken at Tk 240 to 330 and local chicken at Tk 580 to 600. Beef was Tk 800 a kilogram and goat meat Tk 1,200 to 1,250. Eggs were the one protein to fall: a dozen brown farm eggs cost Tk 130 to 135, down from Tk 140 last week.
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Source: Ittefaq
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