People have started returning to the capital after the Eid-ul-Azha holiday, due to which the presence of consumers was not evident in retail vegetable markets.
However, that has not reduced the heat of green chillies, as prices have remained as high as Tk1,000 a kilogram.
Visiting several kitchen markets in the capital's Rampura, Madhubagh and Malibagh areas on Saturday, it was seen that green chillies were being sold for Tk800-Tk1,000 per kg.
Sellers say that on the one hand the demand has increased due to Eid-ul-Azha, while on the other hand prices went up due to reduced supply amid incessant rainfalls.
On the other hand, the import, and export of goods between India and Bangladesh will resume from Monday.
Anwar Hossain, an importer from Hili land port, said that due to the decrease in the supply of green chilies, the prices have suddenly started to become unstable in the market.
In such a situation, to keep the market stable, the government once again granted an import permit (IP) to bring thousands of tons of green chilies from India on June 25, he added.
Shamim Ahmed, a pathologist at the Hili land port Centre for Plant Disease Control, said till June 26, seven importers from the Hili land port got permission to import 3,000 tons of green chilies.
On Saturday, the majority of stalls at Hili kitchen markets did not have green chilies, and the few that did have them were selling at excessive prices.
Shopkeepers said that they are not storing the produce due to the high price.
Meanwhile, in Dhaka and Barisal, the price of green chilli soared to Tk600 per kg just before Eid, and consumers blamed the lack of monitoring from the local administration for the drastic increase.
According to the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS), green chilli production was 620,000 tonnes in 2022, of which only 128,000 tonnes were grown in the summer season (April-October).
