The kitchen markets in the capital saw further price hike last week, with vegetable, onion and garlic getting dearer.
Most vegetables saw an increase of Tk 3.0- Tk 15 a kilogramme/kg or bunch in last seven days.
Seasonal cauliflower, cabbage, broccoli, turnip, carrot, tomato, local bean, radish and brinjal were selling at Tk 30- Tk 50 a kg or piece on Friday.
Summer veggies like snake gourd, pointed gourd, sponge gourd, bitter gourd, long bean and eddoe were sold in the market but at much higher rate---Tk 50-Tk 100 a kg.
All kinds of leafy also witnessed a hike of Tk 3.0- Tk 5.0 per bunch in a week.
Badrul Hoque, a primary school teacher, who came to Rayer Bazar kitchen market on Friday, said vendors were charging much higher for veggies than that of a week ago.
He said it has been very tough to meet daily costs as prices of most of essentials like fish, meat, egg, rice are showing a gradual rise for last few weeks.
Md Ainul, a vegetable vendor at the same market, said the prices of vegetables have jumped amid shortage of supply.
He said delivery of winter crops began to decrease from the vegetable hubs as farmers were now busy with summer crops.
President of Bangladesh Vegetable Wholesalers Association Imran Ali Master said it is now a transition period for vegetable market.
"Winter crop will be dearer while prices of new summer crop will also remain at high," he said.
He said prices of summer crops will be available at below Tk 40- Tk 50 kg from last week of March, he said.
However, prices of onion started increasing from last week.
Local onion was sold at Tk 25-Tk 30 and imported varieties at Tk 22-Tk 28 a kg on Friday- a Tk 4.0-Tk 5.0 increase at per kg.
Imported garlic price increased by Tk 10 a kg in a week and sold at Tk 100-Tk 120 a kg.
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