Low-priced milk, eggs, and meat attract middle earners too in Bangladesh

Middle class people flocked to the fisheries and livestock ministry's mobile shops that sold milk, eggs and meat at low prices in the capital, but low-income earners were not attracted to them as the decreased prices still remained out of their reach. The government mobile shops sold 1kg of beef at Tk640 (market rate Tk750), mutton at Tk940 (market price Tk1,100), and dressed broiler chicken at Tk340 (market rate Tk390). The shops also sold milk at Tk80 per liter, while the market price was Tk90, and eggs at Tk10 per piece, while the market price was Tk12. Meat prices out of low-income people's reach even at subsidized rates pic.twitter.com/nsVhojuphA— The Business Standard (@tbsnewsdotnet) March 24, 2023 Meat prices out of low-income people's reach even at subsidized rates pic.twitter.com /nsVhojuphA— The Business Standard (@tbsnewsdotnet) March 24, 2023 Mohammad Badsha, a rickshaw puller who went to the Khamarbari sales point yesterday to buy beef, told TBS, "Poor people like us ...