The prices of almost all major daily essentials and vegetables remained relatively stable on Friday amid sufficient supply, according to market data.

Moreover, despite the announcement of the proposed budget for the forthcoming financial year 2026-27 last week, there has been little to no impact on the prices of daily essentials, including broiler chicken, eggs and fish.

However, rice prices have remained high over the past few months, while some Atash-variant rice varieties have seen a fresh hike in recent weeks.

On Friday, broiler chicken was being sold at Tk 170-180 a kilogram, while Sonali chicken at Tk 330-340 a kilogram at the Karwan Bazar wholesale market.

The prices of eggs were also unchanged, with brown eggs selling at Tk 120-130 and white eggs at Tk 105-110 a dozen.

On June 11, finance minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury announced the proposed national budget of Tk 9.38 lakh crore in parliament for FY27.  

In the budget, he proposed reducing the withholding tax rate to 0.5 per cent on 60 essential commodities and agricultural products, including rice, wheat, potatoes, livestock, poultry, fish, onions, garlic, ginger, salt, sugar, edible oil and seeds.

Alamgir Hossain, a trader at the Karwan Bazar, said that the budget did not impose any direct taxes or duties on essentials like chicken, eggs or fish, which helped keep the market stable.

‘Prices declined slightly compared to the period before Eid. Unlike previous years, when prices often increased immediately after the budget announcement, this year has been different as the market has remained stable even after a week of the budget,’ he added.

Rice prices remained high on Friday, with Miniket being sold at Tk 70-85 a kilogram depending on quality, while Paijam or Atash was at Tk 55-68 a kilogram, and coarse variant was at Tk 50-60 a kilogram, while loose aromatic rice was being sold at Tk 140-150 a kilogram.

Some types of Atash witnessed a market price hike in recent weeks, reaching Tk 60 a kilogram from Tk 55-56, said the traders.

Meanwhile, commerce minister Khandakar Abdul Muktadir on Wednesday told the reporters that the price and supply situation of rice on the market remained stable and the government maintained a satisfactory reserve of both rice and wheat. 

‘An on-site verification showed that there was no significant change in rice prices. Some traders noted a minor increase of Tk 1 to 1.5 per kilogram following the Eid holidays. This does not indicate a major price surge,’ he added.

The vegetable market was also stable on Friday, following sufficient supply of the summer vegetables.

Ridge gourd, sponge gourd and snake gourd were selling at Tk 40-50 a kilogram, while spiny gourd was at Tk 60 a kilogram and pointed gourd at Tk 50 a kilogram.

Bitter gourd was selling at Tk 80 a kilogram, yardlong beans at Tk 50, okra at Tk 40 a kilogram, bottle gourd and ax gourd at Tk 50-60 apiece, taro stem at Tk 70 a kilogram and taro runner was at Tk 60 a kilogram.

Cucumber was selling at Tk 80 a kilogram, tomatoes at Tk 120 a kilogram and aubergine at Tk 60-80 a kilogram on Friday.

Green chilli was being sold at Tk 60-80 a kilogram, onions were priced at Tk 40 a kilogram and potatoes was at Tk 30 a kilogram at the capital’s kitchen markets.

Garlic was selling at Tk 120 a kilogram for local varieties and Tk 160 for imported ones.

The supply of soya bean oil on kitchen markets is now normal and bottled soya bean oil was being sold at Tk 199 a litre, unpackaged soya bean oil at Tk 180-185 a litre and palm oil at Tk 165-170 a litre.

Among pulses, fine red lentils were selling at Tk 160 a kilogram, medium-quality lentils at Tk 120 and coarse lentils at Tk 105.

Moong dal ranged from Tk 120 to Tk 170 a kilogram, while motor dal sold at Tk 65-75.

Unpackaged atta was priced at Tk 40-46 a kilogram, packaged variant at Tk 60 a kilogram, unpackaged flour at Tk 60 a kilogram, packaged flour at Tk 75 a kilogram on Friday and sugar was being sold at Tk 105 a kilogram.

Beef was selling at Tk 800- 850 a kilogram and mutton at Tk 1,200- 1,300 a kilogram.

Among fishes, Pangas were selling at Tk 180–200 a kilogram, tilapia at Tk 200–230 per kilogram, Ruhi at Tk 300–550, Katla at Tk 380-450 a kilogram, Pabda at Tk 350, Koi at Tk 400–500, and Shing at Tk 400 a kilogram.

Shrimp prices, however, remained relatively high, ranging from Tk 550 to Tk 900 a kilogram depending on size and variety.

Regarding the post-budget situation, the commerce minister said on Wednesday that the food market was much more stable than during the same period in previous years.