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CHATTOGRAM, June 27, 2025 (BSS) - Prices of vegetables are decreasing gradually as supply has increased in different kitchen markets in the city and different upazilas of the district. 

Traders hoped that vegetable prices will decrease significantly this week. However, the prices of broiler chicken, beef and mutton have increased slightly over the past week. 

Due to the Eid-ul-Adha holidays and subsequent incessant rains, the supply of vegetables to Chattogram from different parts of the country had decreased. However, as there has been no rain in the last seven days, the supply has almost returned to normal. 

Trucks and pickup vans carrying various types of vegetables were seen entering the warehouse of Riazuddin Bazar in the city. This picture was seen while visiting various raw markets including Riazuddin Bazar in the city on Thursday afternoon and Friday morning. 

Nurul Islam, a Godown owner at Riazuddin Bazar, said that vegetables from outside could not arrive due to the Eid holidays and rains. 

"Now that the supply has returned to normal in the raw market of the port city of Chattogram and prices of vegetables have started to fall. The supply of vegetables has increased and prices are coming down," he added.
 
Shop owner Shibli Faruk said that the rainfall increased immediately after Eid due to the onset of the monsoon. "Water entered vegetable fields in many areas of the country and destroyed the crops. As a result, the supply of vegetables decreased, increasing the price of vegetables in the wholesale market. Now that the rains have stopped, the supply is somewhat normal again," he observed. 

He said that the impact of the price reduction will also be seen in the retail market. Chicken shopkeeper Solaiman Badsha of Bahaddarhat Kacha Bazar in the city said that the price of Sonali and other chickens has decreased slightly. 

The prices of fish and almost all groceries are stable. Retailers in Bahaddarhat, Battery Goli, Kazir Deuri, and Chawkbazar said that brinjal is being sold at Tk 60 to 70 per kg, white round brinjal at Tk 50, black round brinjal at Tk 60, cucumber at Tk 50 to 60, bitter gourd at Tk 70, kankarol at Tk 60, papaya at Tk 25 to 30, radish at Tk 50, Potal at Tk 50, chichinga at Tk 50, dhundal at Tk 50, jhinga at Tk 55 to 60, barbati at Tk 50, kachur lati at Tk 60, kachur mukhi at Tk 70 and sweet pumpkin at Tk 40. 

Tomatoes are being sold at Tk 160 per kg, Potatoes from Munshiganj are being sold at Tk 20 to 25, and red potatoes from Bogra are being sold at Tk 30 to 35.