Most of the city's kitchen markets witnessed very low transaction Friday mainly due to poor presence of customers as a large number of city people are yet to return to the capital after celebrating Eid-ul-Azha and Durga Puja back home in villages.
Traders said the amount of sale went down by nearly 70 per cent after Eid compared to other normal days.
Prices of some vegetables, spices and chicken declined notably on the day compared to the prices of a week back, retailers said.
However, prices of most other commodities were static on the day.
During visits to kitchen markets at Swarighat, Nawabganj, Azimpur, New Market and Karwan Bazar the FE correspondent found lower presence of both customers and sellers.
Shafiqul Islam, a grocer at Nawabganj kitchen market, said he came back to Dhaka from Chandpur Thursday and opened his shop Friday morning.
"A few people have returned to the city while most others are yet to come back," he said.
He said prices of garlic, ginger, cinnamon, cardamom and other spices dropped by Tk 5 to 50 per kg on the day.
Garlic sold at Tk 80-85 per kg while ginger at Tk 150-160 per kg on the day, less by Tk 10-30 in a week.
Presence of both vegetable vendors and customers was less than that of the usual days.
Shawkat Ali, a vegetable retailer at Banalata kitchen market under New Market area, told the FE: "Very few customers are permanent residents of the city."
He said prices of most of the vegetables declined by Tk 5-10 per kg in last seven days.
"Many of the wholesalers haven't opened their shops yet. I've bought fewer products from Karwan Bazar following the poor presence of customers," he said.
Prices of brinjal, cucumber, tomato, bitter gourd, snake gourd, sponge gourd, teasle gourd, pointed gourds dropped by Tk 5-10 per kg.
Chilli prices also reduced by Tk 10-15 per kg compared to those of a week back.
However, meat shops were almost closed in the city Friday while very few chicken meat sellers opened their shops.
Prices of chicken --- farm, local and Pakistani varieties --- reduced by Tk 10-50 per kg or per piece on the day compared to those of last week.
President of Karwan Bazar Kanchamal Aratdar Baboshayee Samity, an association of vegetable wholesalers in the capital, Md Abdul Latif said more than 60 per cent people of Dhaka leave the city during Eid vacation.
He said the number of home-goers increased this time as Eid and Puja-two major religious festivals - were celebrated at a close time.
He said nearly 200 to 250 vegetable-laden trucks enter Karwan Bazar on normal days which declined to 50-60 trucks after Eid.
He said the normal transaction will begin from tomorrow (Sunday) when most of the people will be in Dhaka.
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Very low transaction at city’s kitchen markets
FE Report | Published: October 11, 2014 00:00:00 | Updated: November 30, 2026 06:01:00
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