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Iftar items get costlier

Essentials' prices remain unchanged

Staff Correspondent
The prices of ingredients used for making iftar items went up yesterday, the first day of Ramadan, while the prices of most essentials remained unchanged at city's kitchen markets.
The prices of aubergine, chickpea and puffed rice continued to rise while the prices of green chilli and vegetables witnessed a fresh hike.
However, the prices of most essentials
remained the same as the day before yesterday at city’s kitchen markets.
The price of green chilli that came down to Tk 120-160 a kg on Saturday increased to Tk 140-200 a kgyesterday.
Prices of aubergine of different varieties ranged between Tk 40 and Tk 80, which was between Tk 35 and Tk 70 a kg the day before yesterday.
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The price of chickpea rose to Tk 48-62, which wasTk 48-60 a day ago. The price of kheshari dal soared by Tk 1. It was sold forTk 50-56 yesterday.
Prices of different qualities of puffed rice shot up to Tk 40-80 a kg, which were Tk 40-70 just a day back.
Although fruits have become pricier this year, fruit shops across the city drew a large number of shoppers yesterday.
Ripe papaya was sold forTk 5 150 a piece while apple for Tk 110-140 a kg. Prices of 4 mango were hovering between Tk 100 and 180 a kg while grape between Tk 220 and 360 per kg.
The prices of fruits went up by Tk 10-50 a kg as their demand increases sharply during Ramadan.
Like every year, a large number of shoppers from various parts of the city thronged Chawkbazar in old Dhaka on the first day of Ramadan to buy traditional iftar items
They said the prices of iftar items there were quite higher than the previous year's.
The price of jilapi, a popular iftar item, rose bvTk 20 a kg compared to the previous year's, they said. Jilapi was sold forTk 80 a kg.
Other popular iftar items begun!, potato chops and piaju were sold forTk 3 a piece, which was Tk 2 last year.