Dhaka, March 16 -- Iftar was once decorated with various fruits to take care of the body during fasting. These fruits included imported dates, grapes, apples, pears, pineapples, oranges as well as local fruits like bananas, watermelons, pineapples, melons, cucumbers. But this time the price increase of imported fruits as well as some domestic fruits has broken all previous records. In the market, the price of other daily goods is very expensive. Therefore, imported fruits including dates have become a luxury product for Iftar. As these fruits are beyond the reach of common people, this time local guavas, plums and hybrid plums (kul barai) are now popular among the common people.

Among the local fruits, banana is selling at least 30 taka,...