“Low-income people like us eat pulses and rice most of the time. Now I see that there is no scope to buy it.”
“I have already stopped buying fish and meat. And the price of vegetables is also higher. Now no vegetables are available for less than Tk 40.”
Mamunur Rashid, who came to buy daily necessities at Matikata Bazaar in Dhaka Cantonment, said expressing disappointment.
He told Barta24.com that it was difficult to cope with the situation in Corona. On top of that, the prices of all things in the market increased. So what do we buy and what do we eat?
There is no vegetable below Tk 40 in the capital market. The price of all vegetables except potatoes is more than 40 rupees. The price of new vegetable beans is being reduced by Tk 10 per kg to Tk 100.
Potato, Patol, Barbati, Jhinga, Lau, Karla, Kankrol and other vegetables are also being sold at higher prices. Pepper, which was sold at Tk 150 to Tk 160 per kg last week, is now being sold at Tk 240.
However, traders claim that the prices of vegetables are the same as last week. But the prices of vegetables in advance of winter are still being sold at higher prices in the market.
Besides vegetables, prices have also gone up in the daily commodity market. Along with rice, pulses, oil, sugar and eggs, the price of chicken has also gone up.
Last week, big lentils were sold at Tk 75 per kg, this week the price of lentils has increased by Tk 3 to Tk 6 per kg. Two weeks ago, the price of this dal was Tk 75 per kg.
The price of medium-sized lentils was Tk 95 to Tk 100 per kg last week. This week it has increased to 96 and 102 rupees per kg. The price of small grain lentil pulses has gone up by Tk 5 to Tk 105 to Tk 115 per kg.