Shoppers thronged grocery stores, super shops and kitchen markets across Dhaka yesterday following the announcement of a fresh nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of Covid-19.
With the rate of coronavirus infections at an all-time high, the government recently declared a seven-day lockdown beginning on Monday.
This led to growing concerns among the masses of a further price hike for daily essentials.
As such, people like Shariful Islam rushed to the nearest shopping mall within hours of the announcement to stock up on daily essentials. I came here [to the mall] soon after hearing the news broke so that I can make the necessary purchases before the price of goods goes up due to the upcoming lockdown, said Islam, a private job holder.
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Soaring commodity prices hit people hard
3rd April, 2021 04:45:36
People, especially those with low, middle and fixed incomes, are suffering a lot as prices of essential commodities continued to soar across the country, including the capital, ahead of Ramadan.
Apart from the daily essentials, the demand for certain commodities like brinjal, sugar, meat and different kinds of vegetables has gone up ahead of the fasting month.
Taking the opportunity, some unscrupulous traders have hiked the prices of most of the essentials.
Lack of market monitoring and surveillance by the government against the wholesale market manipulators is also responsible for the price hike, experts said.
I bought no meat in the last six months, even though my daughters love meat, he said.
The prices of essentials and the new cases of Covid-19 have been rising at the same time, he said. I stopped the tuitions of my ninth grader. I can t think of what will happen in the days ahead.
Majnu Mia, who has a pottery store in Shukrabad, said, I am no longer able to bear the expenses of keeping my wife and my two children in this city . The daily sale has fallen to just around Tk 200. I was forced to send my wife and children back to the village in Gafargaon of Mymensingh.
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