Sylhet Correspondent :
Sale of warm clothes and blankets has started to increase in Sylhet districts as winter is about to set in.
The makeshift shops, the main source of buying warm clothes in Panchagarh and Thakurgaon towns in the last couple of days, All types of second hand woolen sweaters, jackets, cardigans, trousers, mufflers and woolen gloves and kids’ wear were being sold at the temporary markets, also by roadside vendors. Taking the advantage of good demand of winter clothes, shop owners and roadside vendors are trying to make unusual profits.
The price of a single blanket (made of cut pieces of garment factories) varies from Tk 150 to 300 according to its size and quality. The price of a second hand sweater is between Tk 100 and 300 according to its quality while the price of a jacket varies from Tk. 300 to Tk. 1200. Usually the winter comes at the end of November or early December in the northern districts and it become severe from end of December.
With the experience of previous year’s severe cold, people belonging to low and fixed income groups are crowding the makeshift shops in these districts to buy warm clothes to protect themselves from the biting cold, several buyers and shop owners said.
Saleh Ahmed in Sylhet Shibgonj area said, ‘We suffered a lot last year due to severe cold. I think the cold weather will sweep with more severity in the region this year also as cold wind has already started to blow from mid-November.’ Foyzul Islam a student of Dakshin Surma Degree College said, ‘I have come to the market to buy warm clothes for me. But the sellers are demanding high price compared to new ones.
Replying to a query over higher price, shop-keeper Anwar Hussain said that the price of a bale of secondhand clothes this year much higher than last year’s. This season we had to buy a sweater bale at Tk. 30,000-40,000 and a bale of muffler at Tk. 35,000-Tk. 45,000 while these were only Tk. 25,000 and 30,000 respectively.
Sale of warm clothes and blankets has started to increase in Sylhet districts as winter is about to set in.
The makeshift shops, the main source of buying warm clothes in Panchagarh and Thakurgaon towns in the last couple of days, All types of second hand woolen sweaters, jackets, cardigans, trousers, mufflers and woolen gloves and kids’ wear were being sold at the temporary markets, also by roadside vendors. Taking the advantage of good demand of winter clothes, shop owners and roadside vendors are trying to make unusual profits.
The price of a single blanket (made of cut pieces of garment factories) varies from Tk 150 to 300 according to its size and quality. The price of a second hand sweater is between Tk 100 and 300 according to its quality while the price of a jacket varies from Tk. 300 to Tk. 1200. Usually the winter comes at the end of November or early December in the northern districts and it become severe from end of December.
With the experience of previous year’s severe cold, people belonging to low and fixed income groups are crowding the makeshift shops in these districts to buy warm clothes to protect themselves from the biting cold, several buyers and shop owners said.
Saleh Ahmed in Sylhet Shibgonj area said, ‘We suffered a lot last year due to severe cold. I think the cold weather will sweep with more severity in the region this year also as cold wind has already started to blow from mid-November.’ Foyzul Islam a student of Dakshin Surma Degree College said, ‘I have come to the market to buy warm clothes for me. But the sellers are demanding high price compared to new ones.
Replying to a query over higher price, shop-keeper Anwar Hussain said that the price of a bale of secondhand clothes this year much higher than last year’s. This season we had to buy a sweater bale at Tk. 30,000-40,000 and a bale of muffler at Tk. 35,000-Tk. 45,000 while these were only Tk. 25,000 and 30,000 respectively.
