Dhaka, April 6 -- When Md Badiuzzaman visited Karwan Bazar kitchen market on Thursday, the cheapest meat protein broiler chicken was priced at Tk 230 per kg, a significantly high rate with around a week of Ramadan left.

Overnight, the price went up by another Tk 20 to Tk 250 per kg ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr as many started grocery shopping for the festival.

"How can the price increase by Tk 20 in a single day?" an astonished Badiuzzaman asked trader Muhin Uddin of Faruq Broiler Chicken on Friday.

"This lot arrived last night suddenly. The rate is high. We bought it at Tk 235 to Tk 240 per kg, big and small," Muhin explained.

Badiuzzaman left the shop without buying chickens. He went to the fish market.

"Such overnight price rises are prem...