Bangladesh: Egg prices rise again amid short supply after chicken deaths in heatwave

The price of eggs in the markets of the capital city has gone up by Tk20 in a week. Traders said the price rise is due to a short supply of eggs following the mass deaths of chickens in many poultry farms across the country during the severe heatwave in April. Visits to various kitchen markets in the capital's Shahjadpur, Badda, Tejgaon, Hatirpool and Karwan Bazar on Tuesday revealed that at the retail level, brown eggs of broiler chicken were selling for Tk135-140 per dozen and white eggs were at Tk125-130, while eggs of home-reared hens were at Tk240-250 and duck eggs at Tk180-190. A week ago, the price of brown eggs was Tk115-120 a dozen, while white eggs were at Tk105-110. Md Kabir Hossain, proprietor of Dewan General Store in Shahjadpur came to buy eggs from Karwan Bazar. The shop owner told The Business Standard that last week he bought every 100 pieces of eggs at Tk900-950, which has now increased to Tk1,100. Md Saiful Islam, an egg seller at Karwan Bazar, told TBS that ...