Commodity prices

Commodity prices

Commerce Minister Khandakar Abdul Muktadir. Photo: UNB

Commerce minister unhappy with commodity prices, cost of living

Responding to a question about the market situation six months after taking office, Muktadir said energy and electricity prices, lending rates, productivity, transport, and infrastructure all...

Green chilies at a market. Photo: TBS

9.2 tonnes of green chilli imported from India through Benapole

Commerce Minister Khandakar Abdul Muktadir. File Photo: TBS

Govt pushes coordinated plan to stabilise commodity markets, boost supply

Representational Image. File Photo: TBS

Hilsa prices surge ahead of Pahela Baishakh; vegetables, chicken also costlier

Commerce Minister Khandaker Abdul Muktadir is speaking to journalists after a surprise visit to the Mohammadpur Town Hall Kitchen Market in the city today. 23 February 2026. Photo: Collected.

Commodity prices, supply satisfactory, says Minister Muktadir

Retailers from different areas in the city draw huge crowds to buy fresh vegetables from the wholesalers in the early morning hours at Kawran Bazar, one of the largest commodity markets in the capital. Photo: Rajib Dhar

Rice market already upward; prices of egg, onion, vegetable and spice leap in a week

File Photo of a vegetable market. Photo: TBS

Vegetable and chicken prices on the rise

Representational image. File Photo: Mohammad Minhaj Uddin/TBS

Cauliflower price Tk25 in Dhaka but farmers struggle to sell even for Tk5

A vegetable vendor is seen attending to his products at a kitchen market in the capital. Photo: Jahir Rayhan

Commodity prices mostly down, still not in comfort zone

Fisheries and Livestock Affairs Adviser Farida Akhter. Sketch: TBS

Govt working to control commodity prices: Adviser Farida

File photo of BNP Chairperson Tarique Rahman. Photo: Collected

Tarique seeks pragmatic steps from govt for market control

Eggs and edbile oil. Photo: Collected

Govt cuts duties on edible oil, eggs to ease price pressure

File Photo of a vegetable market. Photo: TBS

Most vegetables selling at Tk100 per kg