Khulna, Jan. 31 -- Like elsewhere in the country, consumers in Khulna are struggling with rising rice and edible oil prices.

However, prices of all varieties of vegetables remain under buying capacity of the consumers.

Buyers alleged that market monitoring by mobile courts to keep prices of commodities under control and hanging the price lists of essentials don't yield benefits for them.

The prices of commodities are increasing by leaps and bounds regularly as each kilogram of rice went up by Tk six to seven on an average and per litre of soybean oil also marked an increase by Tk three to five, crushing daily life of the low-income and poor people.

The rice prices on all varieties hiked over the past three months, said consumers, blam...