Online Desk: The prices of pulses, ginger, potatoes and onions increased further in the city kitchen markets on Sunday, intensifying woes of the commoners already battered by high inflation.

Coarse and medium categories of lentils rose by Tk 10-20 per kg, putting additional pressure on the household budgets.

On Sunday, coarse lentil retailed at Tk 110-115 and medium Tk 120-130 a kg.

Potatoes also witnessed a price hike of Tk 5.0-7.0 per kg and were retailing at Tk 50-65 per kg on the day.

Onion prices continue to skyrocket, with local variety being sold at Tk 100-110 a kg and imported Tk 90-95 a kg, marking a Tk 5.0-10 per kg hike in a week.

Ginger has become more expensive, with prices increasing by Tk 60-80 per kg.

Newly harvested local ginger was selling at Tk 300 per kg and the imported variety Tk 400-420 per kg.

The Durga Puja festival might have led to the rise in onion prices amid supply shortage of the local variety and the closure of land ports.

A trader at Shyambazar in the city, mentioned that importers were selling Indian onions at Tk 72-75 per kg, and the wholesale price was Tk 74-76 per kg in Shyambazar.

Humayun Kabir Bhuiyan, secretary of the Consumers Association of Bangladesh (CAB), informed that the government has almost failed to implement its fixed-price chart for eggs, onion, and potato.

He stated that onions are being sold at Tk 90-110 per kg, whereas the government has set it at Tk 65.

Similarly, potatoes are sold above Tk 50 per kg when the government fixes it at Tk 36 maximum.

However, eggs were selling at their previous highs of Tk 53-55 a haali or four pieces.

The market volatility continued mainly because the government agencies concerned have rarely taken any stringent action, such as jail terms for price manipulations, according to market observers.