Dhaka, March 16 -- The government has fixed reasonable prices of 29 essential agricultural products, including onion, broiler chicken, mutton, beef, and eggplant, at the retail, wholesale, producer and production levels amid surging price hikes.

In a circular issued on Friday (15 March), the Department of Agricultural Marketing (DAM) requested authorities concerned to sell the products at the newly fixed rates.

On the other hand, the prices of other essential items have spiked as usual in Dhaka's kitchen markets.

Cucumber is being sold at high price Tk 90 to Tk 100 as no one is bothered to lessen the price making difficulties for the people.

Like cucumbers, other Ramadan essentials which price did not fix by the government are being c...