The price of green chillies witnessed a sharp rise on the kitchen markets in the capital Dhaka in the past two weeks and the item sold for up to Tk聽220 a kilogram on Sunday.
Traders said that the price of the commodity continued to rise on both wholesale and retail markets due to a supply shortage.
They said that the production of green chillies almost halved due to the recent heatwave and drought-like situation.
According to traders, not only green chillies, but also the production of most of the vegetables decreased as the country witnessed drought-like situation in this summer season.
The prices of green chillies increased by more than two folds in the past two weeks to Tk 200-220 a kilogram from Tk聽80-120 a kilogram.
In May 2023, the average price of green chillies was Tk聽200 a kilogram on the kitchen markets in Dhaka.
Traders said that the heatwave also hampered the production of green chillies in the previous year.
This year the situation deteriorated more than the previous year as rising heatwave damaged farmlands across the country, wholesale traders said.
The prices of all the vegetables have continued to rise in recent weeks on the kitchen markets, as the production decreased due to the drought-like situation and additional irrigation pushed up the production cost, they said.
