Moulvibazar Correspondent :
Eid shopping is going on in full swing and spree in Moulvibazar. Trading has started in full swing since the 20th of Ramzan.
And only a few days left. Eid shopping is at the last moment in Moulvibazar district inhabited by expatriates. Every day from morning till midnight, shoppers are flocking to various stores to buy their favorite clothes. Due to the outbreak of corona, traders have suffered a lot in the last two years due to the stagnation of Eid business. However, as the Corona situation is under control this time, the traders are continuing their efforts this Eid after overcoming the losses of the last two years.
As Eid approaches, there is a flurry of shopping from elite markets to sidewalk shops. Moreover, the business has also increased in Darjipara. Traders are struggling to cope with the buyers. However, many traders claim that business has fallen short of expectations this time around, compared to the last two years in Corona. Because buyers have less money.
Hundreds of thousands of people live in Moulvibazar, inhabited by tea gardens, haors, hills, hills and expatriates in various Middle Eastern countries including United Kingdom, United States, Australia, Canada, France, Italy, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Oman and Bahrain. Every year they come to the country just before Eid to celebrate Eid together with their family members. But due to the government’s ban on corona, many expatriates came to the country before the month of Ramzan and ended their Eid shopping with their family members. However, many expatriates from the Middle East still come to the country to shop with their family members.
The various markets of Eid have been visited on the spot, young and old, men and women of all ages, young and old are flocking to the elite shopping malls, shopping malls and wholesale markets of local and foreign clothes to buy their favorite clothes.
The shops are adorned with well-known brands and foreign clothes. In addition to the variety of fashion, aesthetic changes have also taken place in the decoration of the shop to attract the attention of the buyers. Many shopkeepers have arranged raffle draws or special discounts to attract buyers. Some people have also put up new signboards to attract attention from afar. One of the elite markets of the district town is MB Cloth Store, Bilash Department Store, Al Medina Cloth Store, Ashraf Center, Julia Shopping City, Best Town Flaja, Seven Star, RK Complex, Kulaura’s largest Market Milliplaza, RM City and other shops. Crowds of shoppers have been spotted on the sidewalks. The hawkers have set up clothes of various designs in the sidewalk shops for the low-income people as well as the elite market stalls. However, buyers complain that traders are pushing up the price of clothes due to higher profits.
The demand for Sarara, Garara, Three Piece, Selwar-Kameez, Single Piece Ground Skirt-Troops, the favorite clothes of young women in Eid Bazaar, is high this time. Each Sarara-Garara is priced at Tk 1,500 to Rs 15,000. Long and short Punjabi, fatwa, shirt, jeans pants, for boysT-shirts and children’s clothes of different colors and designs have been collected in the market stalls. Prices range from Tk 400 to Tk 10,000 per Punjabi.
Minhaj Ahmed, owner of Nahar Cloth Store in the city’s Julia Shopping City, said the economy was turning around as Corona came under control and everything became normal. Although the last two years have not been traded during the Eid season. At that time the general business did not happen. There were also bank loans. So I had to incur huge losses. As the Corona situation is under control this year, business is already booming.
Sumon Ahmed, Proprietor of Bilas Cloth Store, said, “We traders have done what we thought.” Like all years This time the business was not so good. Because the budget is less in the hands of buyers. We have been selling clothes since the beginning of Ramadan. Overall, 20 per cent less business was done by traders than in other years. Considering the needs and preferences of buyers of all ages, a huge quantity of domestic and foreign garments has been brought. However, we are still trying to speed up the business. Moulvibazar Business Forum President Kamran Ahmed said that the amateur expatriates in Moulvibazar came to the country from Europe, America and the Middle East before Ramadan due to the government’s ban on corona. He finished Eid shopping with all his family members before Ramzan.
BSS from Rangpur adds: Overcoming the two-year long stresses of the Covid-19 pandemic, char people are preparing to celebrate the Eid-ul-Fitr amid festivity and passion in riverine char areas of Rangpur region.
Officials, development experts and public representatives said char people have come out of the Covid-19 pandemic strains with various initiatives of the government, including the social safety net programmes.
They are now engaged in diverse income generating and daily normal activities like before the outbreak of the pandemic.
Even around 13 years ago, char people had to live in untold miseries and struggle for survival for lack of job and employment as the vicious cycle of poverty gripped their fortunes. Besides, social curses like child marriage, dowry and repression on women and superstitions along with malnutrition and lack of pure drinking water and hygienic sanitation had made their life miserable.
