Dhaka, May 6 -- Vegetables have become more expensive, because of the shortage of fuel triggered by war between US and Iran. The production of vegetables also fell predictably at the end of the winter season.

The cost of transporting vegetables by truck from Bogura to Dhaka has risen 30 to 40 per cent in the past two months. The US-Iran war has disrupted fuel supply around the world.

Meanwhile, the prices of vegetables have increased up to 60 per cent in the vegetable trading hub of the north, Mohasthan in Shibganj, Bogura. While farmers are getting better farm prices for their produce, consumers in the urban areas now have to pay much higher prices, as transportation cost has increased, and supply has fallen.

The enhanced prices of ve...