The price of egg at the retail level has dropped by Tk25 to 30 per dozen at different markets in the capital, following steps taken by the government.
To make egg affordable to people, the government has permitted its import with a reduced import duty.
The 25% import duty has been cut to 5%.
This duty relief will be available until 15 December, the National Board of Revenue (NBR) said in an order issued on Thursday.
Kawser Ahmed, owner of the Dhaka Poultry at Karwan Bazar, said that due to the government efforts, the supply of egg in the market has increased which has led to a decrease in prices.
"Today, I am selling per hundred eggs at Tk1,101 at the wholesale level. The price was Tk1,170 to Tk1,180 on Thursday," he added.
According Kawser, per dozen eggs are being sold at Tk132.12 on Friday at the wholesale level which was Tk141.6 on Thursday.
Abu Sufian, a Dhaka city dweller, said that he bought a dozen farm eggs from Khilgaon Taltola Market for Tk150 which was Tk180 two days ago.
He urged the government to strengthen its monitoring activities to ensure that the sales actually happen at the government-set prices.
Fahmina Akter, assistant director of Directorate of National Consumers' Right Protection (DNCRP), said she conducted drives at West Shewrapara Kacha Bazar and Taltola Kacha Bazar and saw that the price of egg is around the government-fixed price.
Under the price set by the government, each egg should be sold for Tk10.58 at the producer level, Tk11.01 at wholesale, and Tk11.87 at retail.
At Shwapno, the largest retail chain in Bangladesh, the price of each loose egg is Tk11.67.
To increase supply and control the prices, corporate entities have announced that they will supply two million eggs daily to Dhaka's two main wholesale markets -- Tejgaon and Kaptan Bazar.
Corporate entities have started supplying eggs in Kaptan Bazar from Thursday.
The main coordinator of this initiative is the Bangladesh Poultry Industries Central Council.
The organization said that although this activity will initially start in Dhaka, it will impact the entire country.
