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The city's kitchen markets remained mostly dull in the last week due to holidays on the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha.
Not only many of the grocery shops remained shut since the Eid day, but also the customers' turnout was considerably lower for the last few days, trading sources said.
They, however, predicted resumption of the normal transactions in the city's kitchen markets from Sunday as the city dwellers have already started returning to Dhaka after celebrating Eid with their near and dear ones.
Besides, the offices, banks, financial institutions and other private establishments will resume on Sunday after a 10-day vacation due the Eid and weekly holidays.
Mohammadpur, Rayerbazar, and Dhanmondi kitchen markets witnessed lower customers on Friday.
Despite having lower customers' presence, the prices of fish showed considerably up on the day following their increased demand after the Eid.
Large golda prawns, medium harina shrimps were selling at Tk 1,350-1,600 a kg while that of medium-sized tiger shrimps (baghda) ranged between Tk 800-1,000 a kg.
Cultured ruhi and katla fish were selling at Tk 350-480 per kg; climbing fish (Koi) at Tk 260-350; Tilapia at Tk 240-260; and Pangas at Tk 220-260 per kg.
Indigenous ruhi was selling for Tk 650-1,200a kg, hilsa at Tk 1,600-3,500, and boal and air ranged from Tk 950 to 1,600, depending on size and quality.
On the other hand, prices of rice, potatoes, lentils and oil remained more or less unchanged at their previous rates, according to trading sources.
Finer miniket varities of rice was priced at Tk 75-85 per kg, medium BRRI variety at Tk 65-68 and coarse rise Tk 55-56 a kg.
Potatoes were selling at Tk 25-30 per kg while the prices of onions were ranging between Tk 55 and Tk 65 a kg.
Prices of different kinds of vegetables registered a downward trend during the Eid holidays.
Ridge gourd, yardlong beans, okra, sponge gourd, bitter gourd, and brinjals were selling at Tk 50-60 a kg.
Papaya, pointed gourd, snake gourd, and ridge gourd were also available at Tk 50-60 a kg, Tk 20 kg down from the previous week's prices.
Depending on the size, bottle gourd and ash gourd were being sold at Tk 40-60 per piece.
Lemons were selling at Tk 20-25 for four pieces.
Cucumber and green chili were selling at Tk 70 to 100 a kg while the prices of tomatoes ranged between Tk 120 and Tk140 a kg on Friday.
On the other hand, Broiler chicken was selling at Tk 180 a kg, down from Tk 200-220 a kg before Eid.
Similarly, the price of Sonali or Pakistani chicken dropped by Tk 40-50 a kg to Tk 260-280.
Most of the beef and mutton outlets remained closed due to poor demand for the same following the Eid-ul-Adha.
A few shops were seen selling beef at Tk 750-780 a kg which was Tk 800-850 before Eid.
Sellers said demand for meat generally drops after Eid-ul-Azha, which also helped ease the prices of chicken.
Meanwhile, farm eggs were selling at Tk 140-150 a dozen, maintaining a static trend for last two weeks.
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