The prices of vegetables and eggs remained high on Monday on the kitchen markets in the capital Dhaka.
Traders said that the prices of essential commodities surged as there was a supply shortage due to transports remaining almost suspended since July 17 amid unrests centring students鈥� quota reform protests and demonstrations across the country.
The government imposed a curfew across the country from midnight past Friday, as the unrests in the country were on the surge and more than one hundred people were killed and several thousand others got injured till Friday in clashes across the country, starting from July 16.
On Saturday, the government announced general holiday for Sunday and Monday and on Monday, it extended the holiday for another day (today).
The prices of most of the vegetables nearly doubled in the past few days in the city鈥檚 kitchen markets.
Aubergine sold for Tk聽120-140 a kilogram, papaya for Tk聽70鈥�80 a kilogram, bitter gourd for Tk聽160 a kilogram, gourds for Tk聽80 apiece, okra for Tk聽80-90 a kilogram, pointed gourd for Tk聽60-70 a kilogram, papaya for Tk聽60 a kilogram and the local variety of cucumber sold for Tk聽100 a kilogram.
The imported variety of cucumber was being sold at Tk聽60-70 a kilogram on Monday.
The prices of green chillies nearly tripled in past five days and the item sold for Tk聽400 a kilogram in the city on the day.
The price of eggs increased by Tk 10 a hali (four pieces) in past four days and traders were selling the item for Tk聽55-60 a hali in the city on the day.
Traders said that the supply of vegetables came at such a low point that the prices doubled on the retail markets in the city.
They said that supply of the eggs from the store houses had remained halted.
Md Rana, a retail trader in the Shyamoli area in the capital, said that they had to buy the vegetables from the warehouses on higher prices than before.
鈥榃arehouses of the wholesalers have enough stock of the commodities, but the supply of the items to the retail market remained suspended for the past few days amid the unrest across the country,鈥� he said.
The prices of onions remained high too, and the local variety of onions sold for Tk聽120-130 a kilogram, while the imported variety sold for Tk聽130 a kilogram in the city markets.
Potato was being sold at Tk聽60-65 a kilogram on the day.
