Chittagong Bureau :
City posh shopping houses, shopping malls and the kitchen markets in the port city are now passing busy time exhibiting traditional Bangali fashion wares ahead of Pahela Boishakh, (first day of the Bangla New Year 1422 ), the largest non-communal festival of the country. On visiting various shopping malls and boutique houses here, this correspondent found vibrant and different designs of traditional Bangali dresses are being already displayed in the houses to catch up shoppers as they can chose their desired ones’ to celebrate the New Year festival. “We’ve initiated colourful and different designed Bangali cotton-wears considering the season and weather that would be comfortable for them,” said Taiyab Ali, Executive Manager of Banglar Mela, at Afmi Plaza. “Due to political turmoil we could not do our business like previous years but hope we can earn well from the next week,” Taiyab added.Rowshan’s, a popular boutique house in Chittagong is offering Salwar-kamizes in basic colours, but with intricate embroideries, appliqué and hand works. “We also have embroidered sarees in cotton, muslin, sopura and andi silk,” said Rowshan Ara, owner of the house.
On the other hand, large number of women customers searching for red and white combination sarees as it is the traditional wear of Pahela Baishakh. ‘Pinon’ is hoping to attract a good number of customers with its wears designed considering the weather. “I designed salwar kameezes and sarees in light fabrics like chiffon, Tangail cotton and silk for Pahela Baishak,” said Mohseena Quraishy Mita, Pinon’s owner. Amina Rahman, Proprietor of Arion Fashion said that she designed the dresses based on natural sceneries with emphasis on yellow, green, pink and purple colours for Children.Shoilpik, a men’s boutique, is hoping to attract people of all ages with its western-influenced panjabis and fotuas. “Sales have not taken off in full flight, but we are expecting it to by next week,” said the boutique’s owner Mohammed Elias, who is hopeful of doing good business this Baishak. Other well-known boutiques like Dream Fashion, Linax Boutique, Craft Castle and Meah Bibi, too, are ready to charm the Pahela Baishak with their offerings.
Different food houses and posh restaurants in the city decorated their business centres with colourfully by locally made handicrafts structures in front of the entrance welcoming the New Year. Food houses and posh residential hotels in the city announced their respective New Year programs with more than hundred Bengali food items with minimum prices. General Manager of Hotel Tower Inn International Abdul Bari told this correspondent that they this year will cook hundred Bengali food items with only Tk.699 per pax in buffet service in their own restaurant and this hotel also disclosed the discount on room tariff on the occasion of New Year, sources said.
City posh shopping houses, shopping malls and the kitchen markets in the port city are now passing busy time exhibiting traditional Bangali fashion wares ahead of Pahela Boishakh, (first day of the Bangla New Year 1422 ), the largest non-communal festival of the country. On visiting various shopping malls and boutique houses here, this correspondent found vibrant and different designs of traditional Bangali dresses are being already displayed in the houses to catch up shoppers as they can chose their desired ones’ to celebrate the New Year festival. “We’ve initiated colourful and different designed Bangali cotton-wears considering the season and weather that would be comfortable for them,” said Taiyab Ali, Executive Manager of Banglar Mela, at Afmi Plaza. “Due to political turmoil we could not do our business like previous years but hope we can earn well from the next week,” Taiyab added.Rowshan’s, a popular boutique house in Chittagong is offering Salwar-kamizes in basic colours, but with intricate embroideries, appliqué and hand works. “We also have embroidered sarees in cotton, muslin, sopura and andi silk,” said Rowshan Ara, owner of the house.
On the other hand, large number of women customers searching for red and white combination sarees as it is the traditional wear of Pahela Baishakh. ‘Pinon’ is hoping to attract a good number of customers with its wears designed considering the weather. “I designed salwar kameezes and sarees in light fabrics like chiffon, Tangail cotton and silk for Pahela Baishak,” said Mohseena Quraishy Mita, Pinon’s owner. Amina Rahman, Proprietor of Arion Fashion said that she designed the dresses based on natural sceneries with emphasis on yellow, green, pink and purple colours for Children.Shoilpik, a men’s boutique, is hoping to attract people of all ages with its western-influenced panjabis and fotuas. “Sales have not taken off in full flight, but we are expecting it to by next week,” said the boutique’s owner Mohammed Elias, who is hopeful of doing good business this Baishak. Other well-known boutiques like Dream Fashion, Linax Boutique, Craft Castle and Meah Bibi, too, are ready to charm the Pahela Baishak with their offerings.
Different food houses and posh restaurants in the city decorated their business centres with colourfully by locally made handicrafts structures in front of the entrance welcoming the New Year. Food houses and posh residential hotels in the city announced their respective New Year programs with more than hundred Bengali food items with minimum prices. General Manager of Hotel Tower Inn International Abdul Bari told this correspondent that they this year will cook hundred Bengali food items with only Tk.699 per pax in buffet service in their own restaurant and this hotel also disclosed the discount on room tariff on the occasion of New Year, sources said.
