BSS, Netrakona :
With only 19 days left for the holy Eid-ul- Fitr, the greatest Muslim religious festival, Eid shopping has started gaining momentum in Netrakona amid huge supply of consumer goods and a buying spree among the people.
All the city markets are seen busy selling their commodities to shoppers. The throng of customers at the shopping centres starts in the morning and continues till midnight.
Shopping centres and super markets in the district town have been flooded with different ready-made garments and colorful dresses with latest designs including salwar-kameez, three pieces, pants, shirts, panjabis and sarees, to draw the attention of the customers.
This correspondent while visiting different markets and shopping centers around the district town saw a large number of customers mostly children, adolescents and women thronging markets and shops for buying dresses of their choices for the Eid.
Talking to BSS correspondent, many customers informed that the retail prices of dresses or sarees both home made or imported is higher than the previous year despite adequate supply of Eid items.
The middle-income group of customers was seen moving from one shop to another shop following the price hike of the Eid- items while the low-income group of people was seen crowding to the low-priced shops.
