While winter vegetables remain affordable in the capital’s markets, rising prices of meat, aromatic rice, and imported powdered milk are causing concern among consumers ahead of Shab-e-Barat and Ramadan. Vegetable and potato prices provide reliefVisits to markets in Narinda and Raysaheb Bazaar in Old Dhaka on Friday showed most vegetables selling for under Tk60 per kilogram. Because supply is good, prices remain reasonable. Ramadan is approaching, after all.”Meat and eggs remain expensiveDespite relief in vegetables, the prices of chicken and beef remain high. Nestlé’s Lactogen and NAN milk prices have increased by Tk50 per pack.

Source: Dhaka Tribune January 30, 2026 13:16 UTC