Bangladesh, Jan. 17 -- Loose cooking oil, vegetables, cardamom and some varieties of rice became costlier last week, raising sufferings of the consumers who have already been fored to go deep into their pockets to meet the rising expenditure of their day-to-day life for price hike of other essential items.
However, price of onion, one of the main cooking ingredients in the country, witnessed a slight decline in the week.
Medium and finer quality of rice including BRRIdhan-28, miniket and Jeerashail prices rose by Tk 2.0-3.0 per kilogram (kg) at the city retails in the week.
Traders said the prices increased due mainly to the current off-season for the three varieties of rice.
BRRI-28 was sold at Tk 44-47 per kg, Jeerashail and miniket a...