The price of vegetables in the capital’s kitchen market has fallen as the supply increases, but that of other commodities like edible oil, sugar, salt, rice and wheat marked an upward trend.
Onion price is decreased as the newly harvest onion arrived in the markets. New arrival onion with leaves was selling at Tk50 to 60 while local (old) onion was selling at TK 85 per kg, imported onion at Tk 65 to 75. Ginger (local) was selling at Tk 180, China ginger at Tk 200, garlic (China) at Tk 90, local garlic at Tk85 and garlic (one cell) at Tk 130.
The car trading scenario in Bangladesh has grown and evolved, and has reached a point where everything from small to luxury cars are no longer novel ideas to its people. The country has seen an emergence of businesses and lifestyles in recent years and so does here in using luxury cars.
‘We are no longer stuck in the days when modern technology and the trends followed worldwide were foreign concepts to us, reaching us months or even years too late’, says a buyer while making his choice in buying a new car.
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Tea prices in Bangladesh dipped at a weekly auction on Tuesday as political turmoil over upcoming elections kept some buyers away, brokers said.
The country has been rocked by a series of strikes and transport blockades over the past few weeks, paralysing normal life and crippling economic activity. Last week’s tea auction had been postponed amid the unrest.
In the latest auction, Bangladeshi tea fetched an average of 194.67 taka ($2.5) per kg against 200.04 taka in the previous auction on Nov. 26, an official from National Brokers Ltd said.
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The onion price rose by Tk 25 per kg by the weekend and was selling at Tk 115 per kg which is considered to be shock of the nationwide blockade. The imported onion was found selling slightly at lower rate.
The blockade has also contributed to the rise of vegetables’ price since none of the products was selling below Tk 40 on Friday. However, there was abundance of supplies.
Shamim Ahmed, a wholesaler said at Karwan Bazar that huge quantities of vegetables had been rotten in different parts of the country, including Bogra and Jessore. So, producers have increased the price to recover losses.
Local garlic was found selling at Tk90 to100 per kg on Monday, while the China one selling at Tk80 to 85 in retail markets. Five days ago, the local one was sold at Tk 60 in the wholesal...
