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Markets Overflow with Juicy Local Fruits Ahead of Jyeshtha

Publish: 22 May 2025, 12:28 PM , Update: 08 July 2025, 12:29 PM
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With the “Honey Month” of Jyeshtha nearing, Dhaka’s markets are brimming with seasonal fruits like mangoes, jackfruit, litchi, and more, filling the air with their sweet aroma. Local varieties such as blackberry, pineapple, daua, latkon, beet fruit, gab, talshans, jamrul, atafal, kau, and sharifa are flooding stalls and shops across the capital and beyond, sourced from districts like Satkhira, Jessore, Rajshahi, Gazipur, and Savar. Seasonal traders, mobile vendors in vans, and online platforms are driving sales.

A 16 May visit to Karwan Bazar, Khilgaon, Shantinagar, Rampura, Banasree, Mohammadpur, Mirpur, and Pallabi revealed bustling markets. Mangoes and litchi top demand, with litchi prices ranging from Tk400 to Tk1,400 per kg due to variety and early-season scarcity. Traders expect prices to drop within a week as supplies from Rajshahi and Dinajpur increase. Himsagar and Gopalbhog mangoes sell for Tk100-150 per kg, Gobindabhog for Tk120, and Guti mangoes for Tk1,000. Black jam costs Tk400-600 per kg, palm kernels Tk30-40 each, and pineapples Tk30-60 each.

Jackfruit supply is low but expected to surge soon, with some sold for cooking as a vegetable with pumpkin, beetroot, and potatoes—a growing trend. Even off-season fruits like bell, melon, and watermelon remain available. Broiler chicken prices have dropped to Tk160-180 per kg, while beef has risen to Tk780-800 per kg due to Eid-ul-Adha demand.

Vegetable prices are stable but slightly high, with pointed gourd, okra, ridge gourd, snake gourd, long beans, papaya, tomato, wax gourd, and bottle gourd at Tk40-60 per kg, and teasel gourd and eggplant at Tk70-80. Traders attribute this to lower seasonal cultivation.

Foreign fruits like malta and apples see low demand during Jyeshtha, as locals prefer affordable mangoes and jackfruit. Buyers like rickshaw puller Nurul Islam in Mohammadpur call these fruits a “blessing” for low-income families, though some, like Palash Mia, find prices for other local fruits high. Traders urge more commercial cultivation to stabilize costs.

Source: BSS

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