Dhaka, Sept. 26 -- The prices of rice and edible oil have gone up in the city's kitchen markets after a sharp increase in the onion and other vegetable prices across the country.

Consumers and market experts said that the price volatility in the essential commodities caused serious hardship for the poor and lower middle-income groups of people as many of them lost their income due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Traders, however, said that rice prices increased due to the shortage in the supply of rice on the market, while edible oil prices went up due to the hike in the prices on the international market.

Earlier, the prices of onion witnessed a sharp rise in the country as India imposed ban on export of the commodity on September 14 and th...