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Friday | January 30, 2026 | Dhaka

Green chilli price goes up again

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Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection raids at Kawran Bazar in the capital on Tuesday to control green chilli prices. NN photo

Staff Reporter :
The price of green chillies started further increasing only a day after a sharp decrease as the supply of the most important kitchen item hampered again in the market.
On Tuesday, the chillies were sold at Tk250 to Tk350 per kg in different markets with a steep rise in the price by Tk100 per kg.

Earlier on Monday, the price of green chillies reduced to Tk150 to Tk200 in the markets due to an adequate supply of imported chillies. Two days ago, on Saturday, the price was hiked to Tk600 to Tk1,000 per kg showing the reason of inadequate supply in the market due to the recent flood.

Considering the situation, the Department of Agriculture Extension under the Ministry of Agriculture has given permits of importing around 36,830 metric tonnes of green chillies from the

Indian market. Due to its impact, the price of the chillies started decreasing on Monday.
Amid this situation, the importers stopped importing the chillies from Monday evening and the price again started increasing showing the reason of inadequate supply, according to the customers and traders.

In this situation, the Department of National Consumer Rights Protection (DNCRP) on Tuesday operated special drive against the errant traders who were charging higher price from the customers.
According to DNCRP officials, the authority has fined 118 traders Tk6.21 lakh for taking unusual price of green chillies. It has conducted drives in 44 markets across the country including Dhaka and other divisional headquarters.

The markets in Dhaka city, where the drives were operated, are Karwan Bazar, Gulshan Kitchen Market, Banani Bazar, Uttara, Badda and Mohakhali Kitchen markets, Polashi, Hatirpur and New Market areas and Mirpur area. During the drive, the executive magistrates have examined all necessary documents of wholesale and retail prices of the commodity.
While talking to media during the drive, some traders of Dhakamarkets said that there is no shortage of chillies in the market. The price is decreasing gradually. They are selling chillies at Tk200 per kg.
But, whenever the mobile courts left the place, the traders started selling at higher prices. Some of them have sold the chillies at Tk250 to Tk300 unethically while some have taken Tk360 too.