date:Nov 20, 2017
plant, papaya and okra decreased and potato prices remained unchanged at Tk 20 a kg. Potato production grew to 10.21 million tonnes in the last fiscal year from the previous years 9.45 million tonnes.
Despite drops in other vegetables, prices of local onion rose Tk 27 a kg in a month reaching Tk 79.24 in October, while prices of dry chillies went up to Tk 228.59 a kg.
In August 2014, food inflation was 7.67 percent and gradually decreased to below 4 percent. But from January last year, it sta