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2018-03-10 17:38:12 BdST

Sugar price rises further !


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The prices of sugar increased further in the city’s kitchen markets over the week ending.

Traders said that the price of sugar increased on the wholesale market on the pretext of a supply shortage from refineries.

‘Due to the price hike on the wholesale market, we have been forced to increase the retail price of sugar,’ Zakir Hosain, a retailer at Karwan Bazar, told reporters.

The prices of sugar increased by Tk 3-5 a kilogram over the week and the refined and imported sugar were selling at Tk 60-65 a kg, while the locally produced sugar was selling at Tk 70-75 a kg in most of the Dhaka markets on Friday.

The prices of vegetables remained unchanged in the city’s kitchen markets over the week.

A kilogram of aubergine was selling at Tk 40-60, bitter gourds at Tk 60-80, okra at Tk 80, papaya at Tk 20-25, beans at Tk 30, cucumber at Tk 30-40 and each piece of bottle gourd was priced at Tk 40-50.

Cauliflowers and cabbages were selling at Tk 15-20 a piece and Tk 20 a piece respectively on Friday.

The prices of green chilli remained unchanged and the item was selling at Tk 80 a kg while potatoes were retailing at Tk 15-20 a kg on the day.

The prices of rice remained high in the city’s kitchen markets over the week.
A kilogram of coarse variety of rice was selling at Tk 44-48 on Friday.

The fine variety of Najirshail rice was retailing at Tk 70-72 a kg and its standard variety was selling at Tk 62-65 a kg in the city markets.

BR-28 rice was retailing at Tk 52-55 a kg, while Miniket rice was selling at Tk 62-68 a kg in the city markets on Friday.

The coarse variety of Miniket rice was retailing at Tk 58-60 a kg on the day.
The local variety of onions was selling at Tk 50-55 a kg on Friday, while the imported onions were retailing at Tk 40-45 a kg.

Garlic imported from China was retailing at Tk 110-120 a kg while its local variety was selling at Tk 80-90 a kg and garlic imported from India was selling at Tk 100 a kg on Friday.

The prices of fish remained unchanged over the week.

Rohita was selling at Tk 200-300 a kg, Katla at Tk 200-300 a kg, Pangas at Tk 120-180 a kg and Tilapia at Tk 120-160 a kg, depending on size and quality.
The price of eggs remained unchanged at Tk 25-30 a hali (four pieces) in the city markets over the week.

The local variety of red lentil was selling at Tk 120 a kg while the coarse variety of imported red lentil was retailing at Tk 70-80 a kg over the week.

A one-litre container of soya bean oil was selling at Tk 105-107, while a five-litre container at Tk 515-540 in the city’s kitchen markets on Friday.

Unpacked soya bean oil was selling at Tk 98 a kg, while palm oil was selling at Tk 85 a kg.

The prices of ginger remained unchanged with its local variety selling at Tk 80-90 a kg and the imported variety at Tk 100-110 a kg.

Fine-quality packaged salt was selling at Tk 38 a kg, while the refined variety of salt was retailing at Tk 28 a kg in the city markets.

Beef was selling at Tk 470-480 a kg while mutton was selling at Tk 700-750 a kg in the city markets.

Broiler chicken price remained unchanged at Tk 130-140 a kg while the locally bred hens were selling at Tk 300-350 a kg on Friday. 

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