Rabin Bhuiyan, a 27-year-old resident of Narayanganj, arrived at the Chawkbazar iftar market around 11:00am to purchase traditional iftar items. However, the shops of the makeshift market were not set up at that time. He performed juma prayers at the ancient Chawkbazar Shahi Jame Masjid next to the bazaar with his younger brother Miraz Hossain before making their purchases.
Traditional patterns of Ramzan Sehri-Iftar in Bangladesh
By Md. Kamruzzaman
Mohammad Liaqat Ali has been living in the old part of Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka for the last two decades. The area is also addressed as “Old Dhaka” after the massive extension of the megacity with new settlements to meet the demands of a growing population and new arrivals, who have migrated to the capital town from other parts of the country for livelihoods and other causes and the trend is still continuing. The extended areas including some sophisticated upscale zones are now the home to the greater part of above 20 million city dwellers.