It fixed the farm-level price at Tk 10.58 per egg, the wholesale price at Tk 11.01, and the retail price at Tk 11.87. Wholesalers say they pay over Tk 12.50 per egg to bring them to Dhaka, higher than the government-set retail price. CHATTOGRAM’S PAHARTALI MARKETIn Chattogram’s Pahartali, egg sales have also been suspended since Monday, according to Abdul Shukkur, general secretary of the Egg Traders' Cooperative Association. Retail egg prices in Chattogram on Monday reached Tk 1,400 per hundred eggs, with individual eggs selling for Tk 15. He told bdnews24.com: “We’ve heard they’ve stopped selling eggs, but we can’t let them run businesses illegally.


Source:   bd News24
October 14, 2024 17:42 UTC