prices of daily essentials fell
Coronavirus: Prices fall in Dhaka kitchen markets
The prices of daily essentials fell significantly in Dhaka’s kitchen markets as hundreds of thousands of people left the capital during the government announced holiday to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
At the kitchen markets, vegetable traders and shopkeepers are passing idle times.
“There are not many customers now,” said Shariful Islam, a shopkeeper at Bangshal. “We’re selling a kg of onion at Tk40-50, potato at Tk20, aubergine at Tk30-40, tomato at Tk30, a piece calabash at Tk40.”
Nahid Hasan, a vegetable vendor at Shantinagar, said he bought some vegetable from wholesale market but has failed to sell them. “I sell a kg of radish at Tk20, cucumber at Tk25, aubergine at Tk30. The prices were doubled only a few days ago,” he said, noting that the business took a nosedive as people left Dhaka and restaurants were closed.
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