kitchen markets
Vegetable prices skyrocketing, potatoes selling at ‘double price’
Defying the government’s fixed rate of Tk 30 per kg, traders are selling potatoes at double prices in the kitchen markets of the capital, pinching the pockets of customers.
Bangladesh’s onion markets take the heat from India’s export ban
A day after the Indian government restricted the export of all varieties of onion, the prices of the popular kitchen item have almost doubled in Dhaka’s kitchen markets.
People throng kitchen markets amid COVID-19 pandemic
Amid the coronavirus pandemic, city dwellers started gathering at kitchen markets as Eid ul Fitr, the biggest festival of the Muslims, approaches.
Karwan Bazar off-limits to retailers
Police have shut down Karwan Bazar Wholesale Market, one of the largest kitchen markets in the capital, for retailers in a bid to prevent the transmission of coronavirus.
Ensure one-way entry to kitchen markets everywhere: PHQ
The Police Headquarters on Sunday asked the kitchen market authorities across the country for ensuring a one-way entry system as part of maintaining social distancing to curb the spread of coronavirus.
The Police Headquarters has come up with the directive as the risk of coronavirus spread has increased due to the lack of control of crowding inside kitchen markets.
Dhaka: A city no longer on the move
The entire Dhaka city wore a deserted look as all shops except medicine stores were shut down by 7pm on Tuesday in compliance with a directive of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) to prevent the transmission of coronavirus.