Faruk's success:Rising prices
Signboard at Hatirpul Bazar shows prices of essentials.Even then, there is a wide disparity between what the chart says and what the price actually is in the market. The photo was taken yesterday.
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Consumers in deep trouble as prices of essentials rise
The traders did not come out from their usual tendency of making hefty profit despite directives from the government and assurance from top business leaders.
Consumers vented their anger at the government saying there is no government monitoring in the kitchen market that encouraged traders to sell essentials at prices of their will.
During a visit to different retail shops in the city and kitchen market on Friday, it was found that prices of onion, chickpea, eggplant, date and spices saw a further hike ahead of the Ramadan. Traders at Malibagh Kitchen market were selling chickpea at Tk 70-Tk 90 per kg, onion at Tk 36-Tk 40 per kg and khesari dal (pulse) at Tk 42-Tk 50 per kg depending on their quality.
"Prices of chickpea, pulse (khesari dal) and onion have increased compared to last week," said Aminur Rahman, a shopkeeper at the kitchen market.
On the other hand, eggplant that is widely used for making 'Beguni', a common item for Iftar, was sold at Tk 40-Tk 50 depending on size and quality.Meanwhile, unpacked date was sold at Tk 280-Tk 300 per kg in the same kitchen market. However, the prices of these items are slightly higher in retail shops in different parts of the city.
Talking to this correspondent, Hafizur Rahman, a buyer at Malibag kitchen market said: "Just look around and see the attitude of the traders. There is no monitoring. How will we survive? Our salary is not increasing everyday." He said the price-hike of essentials can be controlled if the government goes tough against the traders.
Prices of mutton, broiler chicken and fishes have also increased though the price of beef remained mostly stable. Beef was selling at Tk 270 per kg, mutton at Tk 450 per kg and broiler chicken at Tk 135-Tk 140 per kg.
Last week, the traders made hefty profit by selling sugar at Tk 72-Tk 75 per kilogram defying the government directives to sell sugar at Tk 65 per kg.
The retailers now sell sugar at Tk 65 per kg as the sugar refiners resumed supply in adequate quantity and also began selling sugar at different points of the city by their own initiative.Ahead of the holy month of Ramadan, the government on July 22 re-fixed the maximum retail price of sugar at Tk 65 per kg, loose soybean oil at Tk 109 per liter and loose palm oil at Tk 99 per liter.
Meanwhile, state-owned Bangladesh Sugar and Food Industries Corporation (BSFIC) have decided to sell 15 lakh kilograms of sugar in open market during the holy month of Ramadan.
The BSFIC will start selling sugar at Tk 60 per kg from 1st Ramadan. UNB
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