Vegetable prices stay stubbornly high, hilsa makes festive comeback

Shoppers in Dhaka’s kitchen markets are still grappling with steep vegetable prices, with most staples selling at Tk 80 or more per kg. Only a handful, like papaya, pumpkin, and bottle gourd, offer some relief. A visit to Mohakhali and Sat Tola kitchen markets on Friday showed that prices of almost all vegetables, except a few such as papaya and pumpkin, have stayed elevated. Summer vegetables like teasel gourd, ridge gourd, taro stems, pointed gourd, snake gourd, sponge gourd and okra are being sold at Tk 80 per kg. Bitter gourd, yardlong beans and aubergine bitter gourd stretch past Tk 100, up to Tk 110 per kg, depending on variety. Although winter is still some way off, a few seasonal...