Vegetable prices in Dhaka's markets are holding steady on good supply of both winter and summer produce. Eggs are cheaper than the day before, while rice, lentils, oil, salt and onions sell at unchanged prices. Banglanews24 found this on a round of the Shewrapara and Taltola markets on Thursday (29 October).
Beans sell at Tk 100 to 120 a kg, new potatoes at Tk 100 and radish at Tk 50. Cauliflower costs Tk 40 to 50 and small cabbages Tk 30 to 40 apiece. Pointed gourd, okra and snake gourd are Tk 50 to 60, aubergine Tk 60 to 100, green chilli Tk 80 to 100, tomatoes Tk 140 and carrots Tk 120 to 140 a kg. Papaya is Tk 15 to 20 and sweet pumpkin Tk 40 to 50. Capsicum is Tk 350 a kg.
Old potatoes are down Tk 5 to Tk 25 a kg. Onions cost Tk 50 to 55. Among leafy greens, red amaranth is Tk 15 a bunch, bottle gourd leaves Tk 50, Malabar spinach Tk 40 and water spinach two bunches for Tk 20. Local coriander leaves sell at Tk 250 a kg and hybrid at Tk 200.
Sonali cock chicken is up Tk 20 at Tk 330 a kg; Sonali hybrid is Tk 290, red layer Tk 360, broiler Tk 180 and local chicken Tk 670. Brown hen eggs cost Tk 130 to 135 a dozen, duck eggs Tk 180 a dozen and local hen eggs Tk 100 for four. Beef is Tk 800 a kg and mutton Tk 1,200.
Rui has risen to Tk 400 to 550 a kg depending on size. Farmed shing costs Tk 350 to 600 and wild shing Tk 1,200 to 1,400, farmed pangas Tk 180 to 220, tilapia Tk 220 to 240, pabda Tk 450 to 500 and shrimp Tk 800 to 1,400.
Rice prices are as last week: fine Nazirshail and Miniket at Tk 70 to 85 a kg, medium Paijam, BRRI-28 and BRRI-29 at Tk 58 to 65, and coarse rice at Tk 50 to 55. Local lentils cost Tk 150 to 160 a kg and Indian lentils Tk 90 to 100.
Photo: A vegetable market in Dhaka, NahidSultan / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Source: Banglanews24
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