Pahela Baishakh 2022: Nearly 700 women artisans in a village under Dupchanchia upazila of Bogura have been making tomtom and other toys. In the Kholash village,150 families are engaged in the making of toys, which are sold at the village-level fairs on various occasions, including Pahela Baishakh.
Date sales moderate this Ramadan
Like previous years, many makeshift and roadside shops have sprung up throughout the city to sell dates, hoping there would be a spike in sales. Photo: Star
Seasonal date traders in Dhaka have moderate sales of the most popular iftar item ahead of and during Ramadan as many city-dwellers left the capital because of the reinstatement of the strict coronavirus restrictions.
Like previous years, hundreds of thousands of makeshift and roadside shops selling dates have sprung up throughout the city, hoping there would be a spike in sales in the weeks preceding the fasting month and throughout Ramadan.