Shoppers feel the heat as vegetables stay high, fish costs climb in Durga Puja inflationAt Mahakhali’s Saat Tola kitchen market, moments after Friday prayers, van driver Saheb Ali was found grumbling as he walked out of the fish market. Tomatoes were priced at Tk 140-160 a kg depending on quality, while green chillies jumped Tk 40 to Tk 200 a kg. FISH PRICES CLIMBLike the previous week, supplies of small hilsa, weighing 150-500g, were higher, but prices remained steep. A hilsa weighing just over a kg was selling for Tk 2,300 per kg, while an 800-gram hilsa was Tk 1,800. Small hilsa weighing 200-250g sold for Tk 600-650 a kg, depending on market, with even smaller ones priced at Tk 350-500.
