Chilli Prices Ease in Dhaka as a Dozen Eggs Climbs to Tk 160
Green chilli prices have fallen from last week in Dhaka's retail markets, but eggs, vegetables and other essentials remain expensive, giving shoppers little relief.
Green chilli prices have fallen from last week in Dhaka's retail markets, but eggs, vegetables and other essentials remain expensive, giving shoppers little relief.
Almost every vegetable in Dhaka's kitchen markets now sells for close to Tk 100 a kg, squeezing low- and middle-income families who had turned to vegetables because fish and meat were already out of reach.
Market ManagementGreen chilli sold for Tk 400 a kilogram at Dhaka's Shantinagar and Segunbagicha markets on 31 July 2026, up Tk 100 in a week, while onions and farm eggs became dearer and most vegetables stayed near Tk 100 a kilogram after weeks of rain and floods.
Market ManagementContinuous rain and floods unsettled Dhaka's kitchen markets in July 2026: a Jagonews24 survey published on 24 July found most vegetables, fish, eggs, onions and green chillies Tk 20 to Tk 200 a kilogram dearer within a week, with green chillies at Tk 280 to Tk 300.
VegetablesContinuous rain in July 2026 pushed green chillies above Tk 200 a kg in Dhaka's retail markets, and to Tk 280 in some; traders said waterlogged fields had cut supply.
Hilsa prices at Chandpur's Borostation fish ghat, one of the country's largest hilsa markets, have fallen by Tk 300 to 500 a kg in about a month.
The usual bustle had not returned to the wholesale fish market at Dhaka's New Market on the third day of Eid-ul-Azha, as much of the city remained empty.
AgribusinessOn 29 May 2026, the day after Eid ul-Adha, Jatrabari's depots in Dhaka had few buyers and no new consignments; one-kg hilsa fell to Tk 1,600-1,800 from Tk 2,200-2,300 and cucumber dropped Tk 40 a kg to Tk 50-60.
Himsagar mangoes went on sale in Satkhira on 15 May under the district's mango calendar, but a flood of supply cut prices by up to Tk 800 a maund within hours.
FisheriesIn May 2026, fishers in Bhola were finding almost no hilsa in the Meghna and Tetulia rivers after the two-month ban ended, and prices in the town's markets rose sharply. The district fisheries officer and a BFRI hilsa researcher put the shortage down to climate change.
Sky-high prices have put hilsa, the traditional Pohela Boishakh fish, out of reach of many shoppers in Dhaka's markets.
Broiler and Sonali chicken prices have fallen in Dhaka's markets, but hilsa, the Pohela Boishakh favourite, remains as expensive as before.
Pineapples are pouring into Rangamati's floating Samataghat market, but prices have fallen by about half in a week, worrying farmers and leaving traders from afar with losses.