The import of eggs has been held up because of the delay in getting the negative avian influenza certification from a competent authority.

A month ahead of the Aman harvesting season, prices of rice have gone up by Tk 1 to 3 per kg over the last one week in the capital’s kitchen markets.

Azizul Haque, a resident of Mirpur-14, went to a nearby kitchen market to buy vegetables yesterday morning.

Says commerce minister

Chattogram Custom House auctioned off around 24.5 tonnes of apples for Tk 5.05 lakh, where the price per kilo was Tk 21, in an open auction on Wednesday

The state-run Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) will start selling essential commodities today among one crore cardholder families across the country, including the capital, for the month of October.

The price of vegetables skyrocketed in the kitchen markets of the capital after the late autumn rain across the country damaged fields.

Newly appointed Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Habibur Rahman yesterday said the DMP is capable of rooting out any syndicate behind the price hike of essentials.

The government failed to enforce the price cap on onions and potatoes even for a single day since it issued the order about a month ago.

Agriculture Minister Abdur Razzaque has admitted that the government has failed to control the prices of onions and potatoes despite taking measures.

The Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) will start selling onion at Tk 35 per kilogramme -- nearly one-third of the existing market price -- to family cardholders in Dhaka.

Agriculture Minister Abdur Razzaque today admitted that the government has failed to control the prices of onions and potatoes despite taking measures

Prices of potato and onion in the capital’s kitchen markets have gone up by at least Tk 3 to Tk 10 per kilogram in the last four days, dealing a further blow to consumers, especially those from low- and middle-income families.

Govt move fails for lack of strong oversight on suppliers

Says DG of Directorate of National Consumers' Right Protection

The price of potato went up further after the government on Thursday announced a price cap for the tuber and began market drives to check the soaring price of the tuber.

A 2.5kg hilsa was sold for Tk 13,000 in Patuakhali's Kuakata today

If wholesalers do not sell potatoes at Tk 27 a kg, the new price cap, the government will sell them, said AHM Shafikuzzaman, director general of the national consumer rights protection directorate, yesterday.

DG of national consumer rights protection directorate says

The commerce ministry’s price cap on onions, potatoes, and eggs barely made an impact on the runaway prices as shopkeepers in the capital have not complied with the order.