The New Nation - Internet Edition

Staff Reporter

The price of some essential commodities are still showing an upward trend in the city's kitchen markets.

Though different varieties of winter vegetables have started arriving in the markets, the price of those are a little bit high.

Except for coarse variety of rice, the price of other fine qualities remained high despite sufficient supply and stock, market sources said.

Even after constant supply of rice in the markets and open market sale of rice (OMS) the price of the staple is not coming down to a tolerable level," said Abul Kasem, a private service holder.

Market experts said people belonging to the low-income group are the worst sufferers. They urged the concerned authority to contain the price of essential commodities.

Rice sellers in the city markets claimed that the price of different varieties of rice was gradually decreasing. They hoped that the price of rice would come down to a tolerable level once the new Aman harvest starts arriving in the next couples of weeks.

As per market survey yesterday coarse rice was sold at Tk 30 to Tk 31 per kg, Nazirshail was selling at Tk 40 to Tk 44, Minicate at Tk 40 to Tk 42 and BR-28 at Tk 36 and Paijam at Tk 36 to Tk 37.

Soyabean oil was selling at Tk 104 to Tk 105 per kg, while the super Soyabean at Tk 68 to Tk 70 and palm oil at Tk 60 to Tk 62 per kg.

One small size of cauliflower or cabbage was sold at Tk 20 to Tk 25, radish at Tk 20 to Tk 24 per kg, beans Tk 65 to Tk 70, long beans at Tk 34 to Tk 36, potato at Tk 14 to Tk 16, papaya at Tk 10 to Tk 12 and tomato at Tk 65 to Tk 70. Local variety of Masur dal was sold at Tk 106 to Tk 108.