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EID-SHOPPING-KHULNA
Eid shopping gains momentum in Khulna
KHULNA, June 2, 2018 (BSS) – With around two weeks left for the holy Eid-
ul-Fitr, one of the biggest religions festivals of the Muslims, Khulna city
has been caught by Eid shopping fever with modern and traditional shopping
malls bustling with shoppers from all strata.
All the city markets are seen busy selling their commodities to shoppers.
Customers are thronging the shopping centres from morning till midnight.
With a rise in the number of buyers, traffic jam in the city’s busy market
areas and intersections, especially from Picture Palace area to KDA New
Market, has become acute.
Khulna New market, Dukbanglow intersection Dukbanglow barobazar, Shahid
Suhrawardi market, Jalil tower, safe and save meena Bazar, Daulatpur, and
Khalishpur, market are crowded with people.
The buyers, mostly middle income people, are found moving from shop to shop
asking prices of goods. Roadside footpath shops and small shops of lower
price market are found more crowded than the big shopping malls.
Meanwhile, a large number of makeshift shops have sprung up on the
pavements of the city on the occasion of Eid. Prices of different varieties
of cloths, particularly cotton, tissue, silk and synthetic, have registered a
sharp rise although the shops are almost full of a variety of garments.
Most upper class buyers are crowding different big shopping centers, while
the low-income group people are also seen purchasing their desired items from
the footpath shops in the city.
Supply of goods, including foreign brands, in the market is abundant. The
goods vary from luxury to household items. Varieties of Indian sarees and
three pieces also flooded the shopping centers, especially KDA New Market.
Muhammad Hassan, owner of Hassan Cloth Store at Borobazar market, said our
store is packed with Eid shoppers. I am pleased for selling well in the last
few days.
“Indian Saris and Salwar Kamij (Three Piece), which cost between Tk 2500-
7500 a piece, are sold 40-50 pieces every day,” said Md. Emdad Hossain, owner
of ‘Pabna Emporium’ at KDA New Market.Varieties of Indian Saris, Lehanga and
Bangladeshi jamdani, silk and bootik saris which cost Tk 2500-10,000 a piece
are sold everyday, he said.
Most shopkeepers are seemingly happy with their sale and the profit being
earned from the purchaser, he added.
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