Veg, egg prices soar in Kishoreganj kitchen markets

Sr. Staff Reporter, Kishoreganj :

The Prices of various vegetable items have increases in Kishoreganj ‘s kitchen markets over the past week, with traders blaming a lack of supply due to countrywide rain.
In addition, the price of locally grown onions has risen by Tk 12 to Tk 15 per kg while farm eggs have become costlier by Tk 15 per dozen.
This picture of price hike was observed on Friday at Bara Bazar, Kachari Bazar and Puranthana kitchen markets of Kishoreganj.
Dhaka Golam Farouque, a high school teacher who marketing Puranthana kitchen market to purchase daily essentials, said he had to spend extra money on items like onions, long beans, green chilli and eggs. He noted that prices of some other essentials, such as soybean oil, remained unchanged over the week.
Joynal, a vegetables retailer said that continuous rain over the past week had submerged many vegetable fields. The also said, led to a supply shortage and eventually higher prices. On Friday, traders at kishoreganj ‘s kitchen markets were selling green chilli at tk.200, Onion at tk.65 to 7 O, long beans at Tk 80 to Tk 90 per kg, up from Tk 60 to Tk 80 a week earlier. Eggplants were being sold at Tk 60 to Tk 100 per kg, up from Tk 50 to Tk 80, while ridge gourds were selling at Tk 60 to Tk 80 per kg, compared to Tk 50 to Tk 60 last week. Owasi , proprietor of wholesale onion shop in Bara Bazar said wholesale onion prices increased by Tk 10 to Tk 15 per kg within a week, which in turn affected retail prices. He said he primarily sources onions from farmers in Pabna and Faridpur and sells them at wholesale rates in Kishoreganj.