Dinajpur Correspondent
Published:17 Apr 2022, 12:10 PM
Shoppers increasingly throng markets in Dinajpur
Although the shopping spree in Dinajpur markets has not started yet, the number of shoppers is increasing slowly after Iftar. The market authorities are also keeping the shops open till midnight due to the increase in the number of buyers in the market. Traders say that the market usually starts selling in full swing after the 15th of Ramadan. However, many shoppers start shopping in the first week of Ramadan. This time, since there is no ban on Corona epidemic, hope that the number of buyers will increase in the coming days.
On the spot yesterday Pulhat, Kachari Market, Station Road, Bahadur Bazar, NA Market, Javed Super Market, Rahim Super Market, Lilimore, Lutfarnechha Tower, Rainbow Super Market, Jail Road Market, Gulshan Market, Maldahapatti Mordan Mor, Char , Suihari, Phulbari bus stand can be seen touring various shops, the number of shoppers in some shops has increased more than before. Buyers are likely to call everyone who looks appropriate, if there are only a few. He is returning home after buying the clothes of his choice.
Mausumi, a shopper who came to Maldahapatti in the city yesterday, said, `I have come to do some Eid shopping. Corona has not been able to shop peacefully for the last two years due to the situation. But this year I have at least got rid of that situation. This year the sellers have come up with a collection of very good dresses, but the price is a bit high’.
Sweety, a housewife who came to Javed Super Market in Bahadur Bazar, said, `I have come to get clothes for the baby. The market will be crowded in the coming days, so I have come to shop a little earlier’.
Amin, president of Kachari Hawkers Market, said, `it is a joy for us. Because we traders have not been able to do business for the last two years due to the outbreak of Corona virus. Traders have invested with high hopes this Eid. Our Kachari Hawkers Market is full of buyers of all kinds. However, mainly middle class and lower class buyers come to our market’.
A shopkeeper at Lutfarnechcha Market said, `The market has been seeing a lot of buyers since Iftar. So far we are satisfied with the sales situation. Hopefully this time we will be able to make up for the loss of the last two years’.
Murtuza, president of the Abdur Rahim Super Market Shop Owners Association, and Swadhin, general secretary said, `The market is slowly starting to freeze. I hope the sale will start in full swing after the 15th of Ramadan’.