Jumbangla Desk: The government has decided the price of chicken eggs at producer, wholesale and retail level. It will be effective from Wednesday (October 16), Director General of Consumer Affairs Department Mohammad Alim Akhtar Khan said.

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After the meeting with egg producers and suppliers on Tuesday (October 15) afternoon, the director general of the consumer department said that from Wednesday, 10 taka 91 paisa at the producer level, 11 taka 1 paisa at the wholesale level. It has been decided to sell eggs at retail at 11 taka 87 paise. Accordingly, at the consumer level, it will cost 142 taka 44 paisa to buy each dozen.

Meanwhile, Directorate of Consumer Rights Protection, an organization under the Ministry of Commerce, is conducting regular operations in the market to implement the fixed price of eggs. Because of that, the traders of Tejgaon have stopped selling eggs.

The price of eggs has not decreased much during the campaign, but the traders have stopped or reduced the sale of eggs in some wholesale markets. This has created a shortage in supply.

In some markets of the capital, it is known that the farm's red and white eggs are being sold at the price of Tk 180 per dozen. Apart from this, the price of eggs in Paramahalla has gone up to Tk 190 per dozen.