State Minister for Rural Development and Cooperatives Swapon Bhattachariya distributes crests among the meritorious students of the city’s Ideal Commerce College on Saturday. NN photo

‘Bhapa pitha’ business gets momentum in Manikganj

BSS, Manikganj :Traditional and seasonal delicious steamed rice cake locally called “Bhapa pitha” draws huge public attention, enticing them to have this mouth-watering winter food along with bringing boons for the occasional poor cake-makers here.Hundreds of seasonal “Bhapa pitha” makers are bustling with customers erecting makeshift enterprises beside road, village markets, bus stands, ferry ghats even by the side of playgrounds and tea-stalls.“Bhapa pitha” having been a delicate winter food, a lot of people throng those temporary pitha shops and...

24 Dec 2019, 12:00 am