VegetablesGood supply kept vegetable prices steady at Dhaka's Shewrapara and Taltola markets on Thursday. Potatoes fell Tk 5 to Tk 25 a kg, eggs eased, and Sonali cock chicken rose Tk 20.
VegetablesIn Homna, Cumilla, farmer Wali Ullah raises fish in a 16-decimal pond beside his house and grows vegetables on its banks, feeding his family and earning extra income.
Market ManagementAfter diesel went up by Tk 20 a litre, several vegetables in Dhaka's markets rose by Tk 5-20 a kilogram and fish by Tk 20-50, while one- and two-litre bottles of soybean oil grew hard to find.
Vegetable plots on the chars of Pabna upazila in Rajshahi are under water, ruining crops before they could be harvested.
Bottled soybean oil remains scarce in Dhaka's retail markets, with half-litre and one-litre bottles almost gone, while egg and green chilli prices have risen.
OrganicIndustry figures for Organic Month put Canadian organic sales at about C$11.88bn in 2025 and rank the country fifth in the world; Statistics Canada values certified organic fruit and vegetables at C$171.8m at the farm gate, with organic vegetables on 5.5% of field vegetable acreage.
Two farmers in Kumarkhali, Kushtia, grew poison-free bitter gourd under Good Agricultural Practices, but with no separate market they get the same low price as ordinary produce.
CropsThe federal order of 21 August takes 760,000 acre-feet a year from Arizona through 2028, but senior water rights spare the Yuma growers who supply about 90 per cent of North America's winter leafy greens, unless another poor snowpack brings deeper cuts.
VegetablesThe CITT sent its six-month inquiry report on frozen and canned corn, peas, beans and chickpeas to cabinet on 9 September without publishing its finding; the finance minister says the 10% surtax on canned vegetable imports imposed on 10 June stays for its 200-day term or until final measures replace
The government has granted a conditional duty and tax waiver on green chilli and tomato imports for 60 days to steady supply and prices.
A Tk 5 rise in bottled soybean oil has not ended the supply shortage in Dhaka's retail markets, where eggs and chicken remain expensive.
Of the 21 vegetables on sale in Dhaka's kitchen markets, only papaya and large bitter gourd cost less than Tk 50 a kg, while chicken, eggs and fish also stayed expensive.
Vegetables have become slightly cheaper in Dhaka's markets, but prices of sugar, edible oil, flour and eggs are rising while companies cut supplies of bottled oil and sugar.
