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In Dhaka city's different kitchen markets the prices of most vegetables are declining due to the plentiful supply of early varieties of winter vegetables over the last two weeks.
Prices for most vegetables, including bean, aubergine, radish, cucurbitaceous plant, yard long bean, cauliflower, cabbage, papaya, okra, different gourds, and green chili, have fallen by Tk 20-30 compared to two weeks ago.
"Per kilogram of vegetables like bean, aubergine, yard long bean and bitter gourd are now being sold at Taka 60-80 while the prices of these vegetables were Taka 80-120 two weeks ago," said Md Jewel, a retailer at Karwan Bazar.
The prices of each bundle of green leafy vegetables, including spinach, water spinach vegetable and malabar spinach, have declined by 50 percent compared to the previous price, said a vegetable retailer, Sohel at Mohammadpur Krishi Market.
However, the prices of per kilogram of newly-harvested potato, tomatoes and carrots are comparatively high, ranging from Tk 120-140.
"Prices of vegetables are declining because of a sufficient supply of winter vegetables," said Mohammad Khalil, a resident in the city's Mirpur area.
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